Strooienstad
Dutch
editEtymology
editAttested as Strooiestad in 1899. Compound of strooien (“made of straw”) and stad (“place”). The settlement was named for the material used to build its first houses. Compare Stroobos, Stroodorp, Stroodorpe and Strooiendorp.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editStrooienstad n
- A hamlet in Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands.