Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

randstad

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: rand-stad
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A region, a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands which includes the four largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague) and surrounds the Groene Hart.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Randstad.

Questions

What does randstad mean?: A region, a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the Netherlands which includes the four largest cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague) and surrounds the Groene Hart.
Where does randstad come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Randstad.

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