Hofstad
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editCompound 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.
Proper noun
editHofstad f
- (always with definite article) The Hague
- Synonym: Den Haag
- De Hofstad met haar grote Indische gemeenschap was de belangrijkste scene van de indorock.
- The Hague, with its large community of Indo descent, was the most important scene of Indo rock.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
edit- (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.
Proper noun
editHofstad n
- A neighbourhood of Bladel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- A neighbourhood of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.
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- nl:Neighbourhoods in North Brabant, Netherlands
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