Hopkins

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑp.kɪnz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒp.kɪnz/

Etymology 1

From Hob +‎ -kin + the patronymic suffix -s.

Proper noun

Hopkins (countable and uncountable, plural Hopkinses)

1. An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
   • 2017 November 28, Jack Monroe, “I took Katie Hopkins to court – but I won’t celebrate her leaving Mail Online”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Now if Hopkins had kept her job, but had developed it into a column for the compassionate wit and insight and reasoned argument that she is genuinely, truly capable of, then I’ll crack out the champagne, because that truly would be worth lifting a glass to. But for now, we have nothing to cheer about.

2. A placename
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. Former name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California.
      2. A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
      3. A township and village therein, in Allegan County, Michigan.
      4. A suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
      5. A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.
      6. A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.
   2. A coastal village in eastern Belize.
   3. Ellipsis of Hopkins County.

Derived terms

• Hopkins County
• Hopkinsian
• Hopkinsianism
• Hopkinsism
• Pitt-Hopkins syndrome

Related terms

• Hopkin
• hopkinsiaxanthin
• Hopkinson

Etymology 2

From Hopkin +‎ -s.

Proper noun

Hopkins

1. plural of Hopkin

See also

• Hipkin
• Hipkins