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   kop

   /kɒp/

   noun

   • 1. a high bank of terracing at certain soccer grounds, notably at Liverpool Football Club. British
   • 2. (especially in place names) a hill or peak. South African

   Word Origin kop (sense 2) from Afrikaans, from Dutch, literally ‘head’ (compare with cop2). kop (sense 1) 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).

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • K

     5

   • O

     1

   • P

     3

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