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Stockholm

/ˈstɒkhɒlm/

Stockholm proper noun: a municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.

stockholm: a municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden
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Proper noun

Stockholm

  1. A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.
  2. (metonymically) The Swedish government.
  3. A county of Sweden.
  4. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  5. A township in Crawford County, Iowa.
  6. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
  7. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wright County, Minnesota.
  8. An unincorporated community in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
  9. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
  10. A town in Grant County, South Dakota.
  11. A town and village therein, in Pepin County, Wisconsin.

Verb

Stockholm (third-person singular simple present Stockholms, present participle Stockholming, simple past and past participle Stockholmed)

  1. To suffer from Stockholm syndrome; to form an emotional bond or identification with one's captor or oppressor, also, to form such a bond with one's victim.
    • A negotiator must never Stockholm with hostages.1996, Jeffery Deaver, A Maiden's Grave
    • Police say Stockholming is good, because the offender also identifies with the hostage, and it's much easier to hurt someone you don't know than someone you do.2006, Tom Philbin, Cop Speak: The Lingo of Law Enforcement and Crime, page 208

Stockholm meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto

Stockholm in Hindi

capital city of Sweden
स्टॉकहोम sṭŏkhom

Stockholm in Urdu

capital city of Sweden
اسٹاک ہوم esṭāk hom

Stockholm in Bengali

capital city of Sweden
স্টকহোম sṭokohōm

Stockholm in Pashto

capital city of Sweden
ستوکهولم stokholm
More languagesFewer languages
Stockholm in Arabic
سْتُوكْهُولْم stokholm, إِسْتُوكْهُولْم ʔistokholm
Stockholm in Malay
Stockholm
Stockholm in Indonesian
Stockholm
Stockholm in Persian
استکهلم estokholm
Stockholm in Thai
สต็อกโฮล์ม sà-dtɔ́k-hoom
Stockholm in Vietnamese
Tốc Hàm, Xtốc-khôm
Stockholm in Myanmar
စတော့ခ်ဟုမ်းမြို့ ca.tauhk.hum:mrui.

Examples of Stockholm in a sentence

  • There's no need for any kind of racist opposition because we are now Stockholmed to the point where we will begin to oppress ourselves if we're not careful ” ( “ The Past is Prologue , ” 25 ) .2009, Amy Cynthia Tang, Rethinking Repetition, page 25:
  • Then the pair were jointly “Stockholmed”, as Bristol Professor Sir Michael Berry, described it.2011 October, K Novoselov, “Interview with Konstantin Novoselov: 2010 Nobel Prize winner for Physics”, in Engineering & Technology, volume...

Forms of Stockholm

third-person singular presentStockholms
present participleStockholming
past participleStockholmed
pastStockholmed

Origin of Stockholm

From Swedish Stockholm, compound of stock (“log”) + holme (“islet”), possibly referring to logs put outside of the Stockholm shores to prevent ships from invading.

Words formed from Stockholm

Phrases with Stockholm

Questions about Stockholm

What does Stockholm mean?
Stockholm means a municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.
What is Stockholm in Hindi?
Stockholm in Hindi is स्टॉकहोम (sṭŏkhom). See Stockholm meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Stockholm in a sentence?
There's no need for any kind of racist opposition because we are now Stockholmed to the point where we will begin to oppress ourselves if we're not careful ” ( “ The Past is Prologue , ” 25 ) .
What part of speech is Stockholm?
Stockholm can be a proper noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce Stockholm?
Stockholm is pronounced /ˈstɒkhɒlm/.

Words near Stockholm in the dictionary

  1. Stockhausens
  2. stockholder
  3. stockholders
  4. stockholding
  5. stockholdings
  6. Stockholm
  7. Stockholm effect
  8. Stockholm syndrome
  9. Stockholm syndromed
  10. Stockholm syndromes
  11. Stockholm syndroming

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