Palmstad
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Palmstad in 1919. Derived from Palmstad (“Jericho, a city in Palestine”). The settlement was constructed by a Catholic building association, which picked the name as a reference to the box-trees planted to form hedges between houses.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Palm‧stad
Proper noun
Palmstad n
- A hamlet in Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “palmstad”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN