Hofstad

Dutch Pronunciation nl /ˈɦɔf.stɑt/ nl Hof stad Etymology 1 Compound of nl hof court stad city. Named after the Binnenhof, which originally was the seat of the Counts of Holland and now houses the Dutch parliament. Proper noun f nl Nicknames for cities always with definite article The Hague nl Den Haag nl De Hofstad met haar grote Indische gemeenschap was de belangrijkste scene van de indorock. The Hague, with its large community of Indo descent, was the most important scene of Indo rock. Derived terms nl Hofstadgroep Etymology 2 (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Hofstad in 1838-1857. Derived from nl hofstad farmstead, homestead. (Utrecht) Derived from the toponym Westrummerhofstad (a former village), a compound of the toponym Westrum (derived in turn from nl dum wester western, west- and dum heem home, settlement) and dum hovestat homestead. As the neighbourhood is located in the southeast of Houten, it was decided to drop the element Westrummer. Proper noun n nl neighbourhood city/Bladel p/North Brabant c/Netherlands nl neighbourhood city/Houten p/Utrecht c/Netherlands References hofstad nl The Hague