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

  1. a hamlet in Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “palmstad”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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