Mount Hope

English Etymology In Rhode Island, often said to be from en wam Montaup, but there is little to back up this claim. That word has been compared to en Montauk, but may not be identical.https://www.google.com/books?id=vE4WAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA13-PA138 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 59 19 Early Norse Visits to North America William H. Babcock 1376204 1913 138 Alternatively, named after the Puritan virtue of Hope, or from en non hóp narrow bay.https://www.google.com/books?id=yvJEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 A History of Barrington, Rhode Island Thomas Williams Bicknell Snow & Farnham Providence 1061142947 1898 10 Proper noun Mount Hope en place c/Australia: en small settlement shire:Suf/Cobar western s/New South Wales. en small town district council area:suf/Lower Eyre Peninsula s/South Australia. en hill (granite outcrop) in northern s/Victoria. en number of places c/USA, including: en town co/Orange County s/New York. en hill town/Bristol s/Rhode Island. Derived terms en Mount Hope Bay References