English Explanatory Dictionary

Mount Hope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in Australia:
  2. A small settlement in Cobar Shire, western New South Wales.
  3. A small town in Lower Eyre Peninsula district council area, South Australia.
  4. A hill (granite outcrop) in northern Victoria.
  5. A number of places in the United States, including:
  6. A town in Orange County, New York.
  7. A hill in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Word forms

Mount Hope

Etymology

In Rhode Island, often said to be from Massachusett Montaup, but there is little to back up this claim. That word has been compared to Montauk, but may not be identical. Alternatively, named after the Puritan virtue of Hope, or from Old Norse hóp (“narrow bay”).

Derived words

Mount Hope Bay
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