Strooienstad
Dutch
Etymology
Attested 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
- IPA(key): /ˈstroːi̯.ə(n)ˌstɑt/
- Hyphenation: Strooi‧en‧stad
Proper noun
Strooienstad n
- a hamlet in Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “strooienstad”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN