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dorpie

dorpie noun: a small town.

Noun

dorpie (plural dorpies)

  1. (South Africa) A small town.
    • Then our minibus overheated and blew its engine, stranding us at Vioolsdrif, a dorpie on the northern bank of the Orange River.2006, Dean Liprini, Pathways of the Sun, page 12

Forms of dorpie

pluraldorpies

Origin of dorpie

See dorp.

Questions about dorpie

What does dorpie mean?
Dorpie means a small town.
What part of speech is dorpie?
Dorpie is a noun.
What is the plural of dorpie?
The plural of dorpie is dorpies.

Words near dorpie in the dictionary

  1. Dorpat
  2. Dorper
  3. Dorpers
  4. Dorpian
  5. Dorpians
  6. dorpie
  7. dorpies
  8. dorps
  9. dorr
  10. Dorrah
  11. Dorrance

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