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单词 Mount Hope
释义

Mount Hope

English

Etymology

Often said to be from Massachusett Montaup, but there is little to back up this claim. That word has been compared to Montauk, but may not be identical.[1] Alternatively, named after the Puritan virtue of Hope, or from Old Norse hóp (narrow bay).[2]

Proper noun

Mount Hope

  1. A hill in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States.

Derived terms

  • Mount Hope Bay

References

  1. William H. Babcock (1913) Early Norse Visits to North America, volume 59, issue 19, OCLC 1376204, page 138
  2. Thomas Williams Bicknell (1898) A History of Barrington, Rhode Island, Providence: Snow & Farnham, OCLC 1061142947, page 10
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