English Explanatory Dictionary

Hamp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. Nickname for Hampshire: a county of England.
  3. Nickname for New Hampshire: a state of the United States.

Word forms

Hamp Hamps

Etymology

* As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”). * As a German surname, variant of Hampe.

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