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hopedale

/ˈhoʊp.deɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
Hope-dale
IPA
/ˈhoʊp.deɪl/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Illinois.

name

A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

name

A village in Ohio.

name

A town and Inuit community government in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.

name

A hamlet in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1255).

Etymology

The name of the settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador was calqued from Hoffental, a compound derived in turn from German hoffen (“hope”) and Tal (“dale, valley”). The name was given by Moravian missionaries in 1782 and replaced native Eastern Canadian Inuktitut Agvituk. Compare Hebron, Nain, Ramah and Zoar.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

How do you pronounce hopedale?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoʊp.deɪl/.
What does hopedale mean?
A village in Illinois.
Where does hopedale come from?
It is traced to German.

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