Stadskanaal

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch Stadskanaal.

Proper noun

[edit]

Stadskanaal

  1. A town and municipality of Groningen, Netherlands.

Dutch

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

First attested as Nieuw-Stads-Kanaal in 1858. Compound of stad +‎ -s- +‎ kanaal. The city in question is Groningen.

See also Dutch Low Saxon Knoal.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˌstɑts.kaːˈnaːl/, /ˈstɑts.kaːˌnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: Stads‧ka‧naal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Proper noun

[edit]

Stadskanaal n

  1. A town and municipality of Groningen, Netherlands
    Meronyms: Alteveer, Barlage, Blekslage, Braamberg, Ceresdorp, Höchte, Höfte, Holte, Horsten, Kopstukken, Mussel, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Oomsberg, Smeerling, Sterenborg, Tange, Ter Maarsch, Ter Wupping, Veenhuizen, Vledderhuizen, Vledderveen, Vosseberg, Wessinghuizen

Usage notes

[edit]

The toponym is pronounced in two ways: one pronunciation stresses the first syllable, the other stresses the final syllable.

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “stadskanaal”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN