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Stockholm

stock·holm

UK/ˈstɒkhɒlm/ US/ˈstɒkhoʊ(l)m/ fairly common

noun

1.

the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic

  • “the Nobel Prize is awarded in Stockholm”
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Origin

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

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