English Explanatory Dictionary

Karp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Karp Karps

Etymology

* As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from Yiddish and German Karpfen (“carp”). * As a German, Polish, and Russian surname, reduced from the Koine Greek saint names Καρπόφορος (Karpóphoros, “fruit-bearing”) and Πολύκαρπος (Polúkarpos, “rich in fruit”), from πολυ- (polu-) + καρπός (karpós).

Derived words

Cash-Karp method Karp-reducible Karp reduction Rabin-Karp algorithm
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