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Hopedale

Syllables: Hope·dale/ˈhoʊp.deɪl/

Hopedale proper noun: a village in Illinois.

Proper noun

Hopedale

  1. A village in Illinois.
  2. A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
  3. A village in Ohio.
  4. A town and Inuit community government in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  5. A hamlet in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1255).

Origin of Hopedale

The name of the settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador was calqued from Hoffental, a compound derived in turn from German hoffen (“hope”) and Tal (“dale, valley”). The name was given by Moravian missionaries in 1782 and replaced native Eastern Canadian Inuktitut Agvituk. Compare Hebron, Nain, Ramah and Zoar.

Questions about Hopedale

What does Hopedale mean?
Hopedale means a village in Illinois.
What part of speech is Hopedale?
Hopedale is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hopedale?
Hopedale is pronounced /ˈhoʊp.deɪl/.

Words near Hopedale in the dictionary

  1. hopecore
  2. hoped
  3. hoped against hope
  4. hoped for
  5. hoped-for
  6. Hopedale
  7. hopedict
  8. hopedicted
  9. hopedicting
  10. hopediction
  11. hopedicts

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