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Strand

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See also: strand and štrand

English

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Etymology

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So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Strand (countable and uncountable, plural Strands)

  1. A surname.
  2. (as "the Strand") A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.
  3. An area surrounding the street in central London, Greater London, England.
  4. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

Usage notes

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  • (street): Though many sources add “the”, official documentation from Westminster City Council calls the road simply “Strand”—not “the Strand”—as do the street name-plates and maps.

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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First attested as Strand (Het) in 1913. Calque of West Frisian It Strân, derived from strân (beach).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Strand n

  1. A hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

References

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  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German strant, from Old High German *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō. Cognate with English strand (shore; beach). More at strand.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Strand m (strong, genitive Strandes or Strands, plural Strände)

  1. beach

Declension

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Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hungarian: strand
  • Romanian: ștrand
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: штранд
    Latin script: štrand

See also

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Further reading

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  • Strand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Strand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Strand” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German strand, from Old High German strant, from Proto-Germanic *strandō. Cognate with German Strand, Dutch strand, English strand, Icelandic strönd.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Strand m (plural Stränn)

  1. beach

Synonyms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Proper noun

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Strand

  1. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Proper noun

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Strand

  1. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō.

Noun

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Strand m

  1. beach, shore, strand

Swedish

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Proper noun

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Strand c (genitive Strands)

  1. a surname