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