voorstad
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From voor (“before, in front of”) + stad (“city”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
voorstad m or f (plural voorsteden, diminutive voorstadje n)
- (literally) A suburb:
- suburban municipality, adjacent and subordinate to a (major) city
- (originally) a quarter outside the city walls
- a suburban quarter
- (figuratively) A nearby hinterland