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Hopewell

name

Etymology

Ultimately from hope + well. The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

  1. derived from *welH-✻ — “to turn; wind; roll”
  2. inherited from *wallijǭ✻ — “well, swirl, wave”
  3. inherited from *wallijā✻
  4. inherited from wielle — “well”
  5. inherited from welle
  6. formed as hopewell — “hope + well”

Definitions

  1. A surname.

  2. A settlement in Christ Church Parish, Barbados.

  3. A settlement in Saint Thomas Parish, Barbados.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A civil parish of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

    2. A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    3. A village in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    4. Several places in Jamaica

      Several places in Jamaica:

    5. Two villages in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    6. A village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

    7. A large number of places in the United States

      A large number of places in the United States:

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA