Randstad

Borrowed from Dutch Randstad.

Randstad

1. A region, a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands which includes the four largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague) and surrounds the Groene Hart.

• sand dart, standard

Compound of rand (“rim, edge”) +‎ stad (“city”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑntstɑt/

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• Hyphenation: Rand‧stad

Randstad f

1. Randstad (a region and conurbation in the Netherlands)