kop

Definitions


[kɒp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a high bank of terracing at certain soccer grounds, notably at Liverpool Football Club

- (especially in place names) a hill or peak


Phrases:

Origin:
kop from Afrikaans, from Dutch, literally ‘head’ (compare with cop). kop comes from the name of Spioen Kop, site of a Boer War battle in which troops from Lancashire led the assault (Liverpool then being part of Lancashire)




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