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Stoop (architecture)
In urban architecture, a stoop is a small staircase ending in a platform and leading to the entrance of an apartment building or other building.
==Etymology==
Originally brought to the Hudson Valley of New York by settlers from the Netherlands, this word is among the Dutch vocabulary that has survived there from colonial times until the present. Stoop, "a small porch", comes from Dutch ''stoep'';〔http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=stoop〕 (meaning: sidewalk, pronounced the same) the word is now in general use in the Northeastern United States and is probably spreading.
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