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stad¹

Where it comes from

From Afrikaans and Dutch stad (“city, town”), from Middle Dutch stat, from Old Dutch stad, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis (“standing, position”). Doublet of stead.

noun stads

  1. South Africa town, village

Stad²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Norwegian Stad.

proper noun

  1. A municipality of Vestland, Norway.

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@misc{stad_2026,
  title = {stad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}