stanhope means A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
stanhope is pronounced /ˈstæ.nəp/.
Etymology
The British placenames are from Old English stan (“stone”) + hōp (“valley”).
name
- A market town and civil parish in Weardale, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NY9939).
- A suburb and civil parish in Ashford, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9940).
- A small settlement in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Peeblesshire (OS grid ref NT1229).
- An English habitational surname from Old English.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage.
- A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
- A gig, buggy or light phaeton, typically with a high seat and closed back.“Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.”
- A simple, one-piece microscope consisting of a cylinder of glass with each end curved outwards, one being more convex than the other
- An optical device, typically embedded in a bijou, utilising a modified Stanhope lens for viewing microphotographs embedded in the device; invented by René Dagron