English Explanatory Dictionary

Hopkins

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A placename
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. Former name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California.
  5. A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
  6. A township and village therein, in Allegan County, Michigan.
  7. A suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
  8. A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.
  9. A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.
  10. A coastal village in eastern Belize.
  11. Ellipsis of Hopkins County.
name
  1. plural of Hopkin

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑp.kɪnz/ /ˈhɒp.kɪnz/

Word forms

Hopkins Hopkinses

Etymology

From Hob + -kin + the patronymic suffix -s.

Related words

Hopkin hopkinsiaxanthin Hopkinson Hipkin Hipkins

Derived words

Hopkins County Hopkins Creek Hopkinsian Hopkinsianism Hopkinsism Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
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