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Dutch
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˌstɑts.kaːˈnaːl/, /ˈstɑts.kaːˌnaːl/
- Hyphenation: Stads‧ka‧naal
- Rhymes: -aːl
Proper noun
Stadskanaal n
- 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
The toponym is pronounced in two ways: one pronunciation stresses the first syllable, the other stresses the final syllable.
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “stadskanaal”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN