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Karp

Karp proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Karp (plural Karps)

  1. A surname.
    • CEO and cofounder Alex Karp distanced Palantir from other Silicon Valley technology companies in a letter included in the filing, writing that “we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments.”2020 August 25, Sara Ashley O'Brien and Rachel Metz, “Palantir files paperwork to go public and reveals it has never turned a profit”, in CNN Business

Forms of Karp

pluralKarps

Origin of Karp

* As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from Yiddish and German Karpfen (“carp”). * As a German, Polish, and Russian surname, reduced from the Koine Greek saint names Καρπόφορος (Karpóphoros, “fruit-bearing”) and Πολύκαρπος (Polúkarpos, “rich in fruit”), from πολυ- (polu-) + καρπός (karpós).

Words formed from Karp

Phrases with Karp

Questions about Karp

What does Karp mean?
Karp means a surname.
What part of speech is Karp?
Karp is a proper noun.

Words near Karp in the dictionary

  1. Karow
  2. Karows
  3. karozzin
  4. karozzini
  5. karozzins
  6. Karp
  7. Karp reduction
  8. Karp reductions
  9. Karp-Lipton theorem
  10. Karp-reducible
  11. Karpak

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