Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stanhope

/ˈstæ.nəp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: stan-hope
IPA: /ˈstæ.nəp/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).

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A suburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9940).

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A small settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT1229).

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An English habitational surname from Old English.

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A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.

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A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia.

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A locale in Canada.

Example Sentences

"Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky."

Etymology

The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: stan

Inflected Forms

stanhopes (plural)

Derived Forms

Stanhopian

Phrases

Stanhope Gardens Stanhope South

Rhymes With

canupp

Questions

How do you pronounce stanhope?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstæ.nəp/.
What does stanhope mean?: A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).
Where does stanhope come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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