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Stanhope.

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

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈstæ.nəp/
  1. A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).

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

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

  4. An English habitational surname from Old English.

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

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

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

  8. A locale in Canada. A village in Quebec.

  9. A locale in Canada. A community in Prince Edward Island.

  10. A locale in Canada. A settlement in Newfoundland.

  11. A locale in the United States. A city in Iowa; named for British adventurer and writer Lady Hester Stanhope.

  12. A locale in the United States. A borough of New Jersey.

  13. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.

  14. A locale in the United States. An unincorporated community in Ohio.

Where this word comes from

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

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