# dorp
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch dorp, which see for more. Doublet of dorf and thorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔː(ɹ)p/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

dorp (plural dorps)
* (now chiefly South Africa) A village or small town; a town considered provincial.
** 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 8:Omnium rerum viciſſitudo eſt, ones falling, is anothers riſing, and ſo fell it out with that ruind Dorpe or hamlet, which after it had relapſt into the Lordes handes for want of reparations, and there were not men enough in it to defend the ſhore from inuaſion, one Cerdicus a Plaſhing Saxon, that had reueld here and there with his battleaxe, on the bordring bankes of the decrepite ouerworne village now ſurnamed Gorleſtone threw forth his anchor, and with the aſſiſtance of his ſpeare, in ſtead of a pikeſtaffe, leapt agroũd like a ſturdie bruite, and his yeomen bolde caſt their heeles in their necke, and friſkt it after him, […]
** 1927 November 25, J. Jingle, “Merely My Musings”, in The Dabbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate, page 2, column 3:When the aforesaid alderman or another wishes to express mild contemptuosity for his fellows and himself in future I would suggest “old fossils” or “old has beens,” or “old fogies,” then the Sir Galahads that are always riding—or driving—about in this progressive dorp will not have any cause to complain.
** 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 51:‘You can't hang about this dorp doing nothing.’
** 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 186:I took on a case in the little dorp of Villiers in the Orange Free State.

### Anagrams

* prod., Pro-D, drop, Prod., Prod, prod

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch dorp, from Middle Dutch dorp, from Old Dutch thorp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔrp/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dorp (plural dorpe, diminutive dorpie)
* town
* village

#### Descendants

* → Fanagalo: dorop
* → Sotho: toropo
* → Tswana: toropo
* → Venda: ḓorobo
* → Xhosa: idolophu
* → Zulu: idolobha

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch dorp, from Old Dutch thorp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. Doublet of terp.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔrp/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dorp
* Rhymes: -ɔrp
* Homophone: Dorp

### Noun

dorp n (plural dorpen, diminutive dorpje n)
* village, small settlement
    Hypernym: nederzetting
    Coordinate terms: gehucht, stad

#### Derived terms

* bergdorp
* boerendorp
* brinkdorp
* dorpelijk
* dorpeling
* dorper
* dorps
* dorpsfeest
* dorpsgek
* dorpsgemeenschap
* dorpsgemeente
* dorpsgezicht
* dorpshart
* dorpshoofd
* dorpshuis
* dorpskerk
* dorpskern
* dorpskom
* dorpsmeisje
* dorpsplein
* dorpspredikant
* dorpsraad
* dorpsschool
* dorpsstraat
* esdorp
* geboortedorp
* kerkdorp
* lintdorp
* ooievaarsdorp
* stafdorp
* transmigratiedorp
* tuindorp
* vissersdorp
* Aadorp
* Aagtdorp
* Adorp
* Agodorp
* Alendorp
* Arendsdorp
* Assendorp
* Avendorp
* Baarsdorp
* Badhoevedorp
* Batadorp
* Beekdorp
* Beinsdorp
* Betondorp
* Bijdorp
* Blijdorp
* Boschdorp
* Bregtdorp
* Brijdorpe
* Burgemeester Beinsdorp
* Ceresdorp
* Darp
* De Cocksdorp
* Derp
* Dorp
* Drents Dorp
* Driedorp
* Duindorp
* Elsendorp
* Emmadorp
* Hanendorp
* Hazerswoude-Dorp
* Hekendorp
* Het Dorp
* Heveadorp
* Hoofddorp
* Hoogdorp
* Houtdorp
* Julianadorp
* Kerkdorp
* Kleindorp
* Knikkerdorp
* Knutteldorp
* Langdorp
* Lauradorp
* Leiderdorp
* Lelydorp
* Lewedorp
* Losdorp
* Maredorp
* Middendorp
* Nieuwdorp
* Nieuwe Niedorp
* Nootdorp
* Numansdorp
* Oostdorp
* Oostendorp
* Opdorp
* Oranjedorp
* Oud Osdorp
* Ouddorp
* Oude Niedorp
* Oudorp
* Ouwendorp
* Papendorp
* Philipsdorp
* Ransdorp
* Rode Dorp
* Rumsdorp
* Sint Aagtendorp
* Slootdorp
* Sportdorp
* Steendorp
* Tuindorp
* Voordorp
* Westdorp
* Westdorpe
* Westendorp
* Wilhelminadorp
* Willemsdorp
* Woldendorp
* Zuiddorpe
* Zunderdorp

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dorp
** → Fanagalo: dorop
** → Sotho: toropo
** → Tswana: toropo
** → Venda: ḓorobo
** → Xhosa: idolophu
** → Zulu: idolobha
* Negerhollands: dorp
* → English: dorp
* → Papiamentu: dorp
* → Sranan Tongo: dorpu

### Anagrams

* drop