Stanhope
See also: stanhope
English
Etymology
The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).
Pronunciation
- (town in County Durham): IPA(key): /ˈstæ.nəp/
Proper noun
Stanhope
- A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).
- A neighborhood of Ashford, Kent, England.
- A settlement in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.
- An English habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
- A town in Victoria, Australia.
- A locale in Canada.
- A village in Quebec.
- A community in Prince Edward Island.
- A settlement in Newfoundland.
- A locale in the United States.
- A city in Iowa; named for British adventurer and writer Lady Hester Stanhope.
- A borough of New Jersey.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Ohio.
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