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stad

stad noun: town, village.

Noun

stad (plural stads)

  1. (South Africa) town, village

Proper noun capitalized: Stad

Stad

  1. A municipality of Vestland, Norway.

Forms of stad

pluralstads

Origin of stad

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.

Borrowed from Norwegian Stad.

Questions about stad

What does stad mean?
Stad means town, village.
What part of speech is stad?
Stad can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of stad?
The plural of stad is stads.

Words near stad in the dictionary

  1. stacy
  2. Stacylite
  3. Stacylites
  4. stacys
  5. Stacyville
  6. stad
  7. stadda
  8. staddas
  9. staddle
  10. staddle stone
  11. staddle stones

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