kop
UK/kɒp/
kop noun: a hill or mountain. Also the rare spelling of cop.
Noun (1)
kop (plural kops)
- A hill or mountain.
- […] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.2012, William Manchester, Paul Reid, The Last Lion Box Set: Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965, Little, Brown, →ISBN
- Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere.
- The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]2014, Colin D. Heaton, Four-War Boer: The Century and Life of Pieter Arnoldus Krueler, Casemate, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Kop
Kop (plural Kops)
Also used as
kop is also the rare spelling of cop.
Forms of kop
| plural | kops |
|---|---|
| plural | Kops |
Origin of kop
From Afrikaans kop, from Dutch kop, from Middle Dutch cop.
From Spion Kop, from Afrikaans kop (“hill”).
Words formed from kop
Phrases with kop
Words that rhyme with kop
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Questions about kop
- What does kop mean?
- Kop means a hill or mountain.
- What part of speech is kop?
- Kop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kop?
- Kop is pronounced /kɒp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kop?
- The plural of kop is kops.
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