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Hofstad.

The Hague

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɦɔf.stɑt/
  1. The Hague

    feminine
    De Hofstad met haar grote Indische gemeenschap was de belangrijkste scene van de indorock.
Where this word comes from

Compound of hof (“court”) + stad (“city”). Named after the Binnenhof, which originally was the seat of the Counts of Holland and now houses the Dutch parliament.

name/ˈɦɔf.stɑt/
  1. a neighbourhood of Bladel, North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
  2. a neighbourhood of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

* (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Hofstad in 1838-1857. Derived from hofstad (“farmstead, homestead”). * (Utrecht) Derived from the toponym Westrummerhofstad (a former village), a compound of the toponym Westrum (derived in turn from Middle Dutch wester (“western, west-”) and heem (“home, settlement”)) and hovestat (“homestead”). As the neighbourhood is located in the southeast of Houten, it was decided to drop the element Westrummer.

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