Hope

See also: hope

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊp/

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• Rhymes: -oʊp, -əʊp
• Homophone: hope

Proper noun

Hope (usually uncountable, plural Hopes)

1. A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.
2. An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hope, a small enclosed valley.
3. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A place name, including:
   1. A place in Canada:
      1. A town and district municipality in British Columbia.
      2. A community of the city of Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
      3. A township municipality in Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
   2. A settlement near Richmond, Tasman district, New Zealand.
   3. A place in the United Kingdom:
      1. A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1783).
      2. A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3401).
      3. A hamlet in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1255).
      4. A village and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3058).
   4. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
      2. An unincorporated community in La Paz County, Arizona.
      3. A city, the county seat of Hempstead County, Arkansas.
      4. A minor city in Bonner County, Idaho.
      5. A township in LaSalle County, Illinois
      6. An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
      7. A town in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
      8. A township and minor city therein, in Dickinson County, Kansas.
      9. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kentucky.
      10. A town in Knox County, Maine.
      11. A township in Barry County, Michigan.
      12. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Midland County, Michigan.
      13. A township in Lincoln County, Minnesota.
      14. An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
      15. A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.
      16. A village in Eddy County, New Mexico.
      17. A town in Hamilton County, New York.
      18. A minor city in Steele County, North Dakota.
      19. An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Vinton County, Ohio.
      20. A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island.
      21. An unincorporated community in the town of Cottage Grove and city of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
      22. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

Derived terms

• Bob Hope
• Hope Cay
• Hope under Dinmore
• Hope Woodlands
• Port Hope
• Stanford-le-Hope

 

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Esperança (ca) f
• French: Espérance (fr) f, Nadège (fr) f (from Slavic), Nadine (fr) f (from Nadia (pet form from Надежда) + -ine)
• Greek: Ελπίδα (el) f (Elpída)
• Hungarian: Reményke (hu)
• Italian: Speranza (it) f
• Polish: Nadzieja (pl) f, Nadia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Esperança (pt) f
• Russian: Наде́жда (ru) f (Nadéžda), На́дя (ru) f (Nádja) (diminutive)
• Spanish: Esperanza (es) f
• Ukrainian: Наді́я (uk) f (Nadíja)

Anagrams

• pheo, pheo-

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hope, from hope.

Proper noun

Hope

1. a female given name from English

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Hope.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhowp/ [ˈhoʊ̯p]
• Rhymes: -owp
• Syllabification: Hope

Proper noun

Hope (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏ᜔ᜉ᜔)

1. a female given name from English