Etymology

Hopwood

H4O1P3W4O1O1D2

Today it means: A suburb of Heywood in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD865095). Full definition →

Old English hop
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhop“valley among hills”
  2. English todayHopwood

From Old English hop (“valley among hills”) + wudu (“wood”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhop all →

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