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Middle Dutch
Etymology
From hôvet (“head”) + stat (“place, town”).
Noun
hôvetstat f
- the most prominent town or city in a region
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Further reading
- “hovetstat, -stede”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hovetstede”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page hovetstede