Hope

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

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

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 hop, a small enclosed valley.
3. (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A place name, including:
   1. A town and district municipality in British Columbia, Canada.
   2. A settlement in Nelson district, New Zealand.
   3. A village in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1783).
   4. A village and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3058).
   5. A city, the county seat of Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.

• pheo, pheo-

Borrowed from English Hope, from hope.

Hope

1. a female given name from English

Borrowed from English Hope.

Hope

1. a female given name from English