Sweet Lake City

Dutch

Etymology

From English sweet + lake + city, based on Salt Lake City, modified with a jocular reference to the name of the city Zoetermeer, which may be interpreted to mean “sweet lake”, zoet meaning “sweet” and meer meaning “lake”.

Proper noun

Sweet Lake City n

  1. (humorous) synonym of Zoetermeer (“a city in the Netherlands”)
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