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dorp

 (dôrp)
n. South African
A small town.

[Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch; see treb- in Indo-European roots.]
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dorp

(dɔːp)
n
(Human Geography) archaic or South African a small town or village
[C16: from Dutch: village; related to thorp]
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dorp

(dɔrp)

n.
a village; hamlet.
[1560–70; < Dutch; c. thorp]
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noun (S. African) town, village, settlement, municipality a South African farm girl born in a dorp called Benoni
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