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Stockholm

name
/ˈstɒkhɒlm/

Etymology

From Swedish Stockholm, compound of stock (“log”) + holme (“islet”), possibly referring to logs put outside of the Stockholm shores to prevent ships from invading.

  1. borrowed from Stockholm

Definitions

  1. A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden

    A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.

  2. The Swedish government.

  3. A county of Sweden.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital

      A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:

    2. To suffer from Stockholm syndrome

      To suffer from Stockholm syndrome; to form an emotional bond or identification with one's captor or oppressor, also, to form such a bond with one's victim.

      • A negotiator must never Stockholm with hostages.
      • Police say Stockholming is good, because the offender also identifies with the hostage, and it's much easier to hurt someone you don't know than someone you do.
      • There's no need for any kind of racist opposition because we are now Stockholmed to the point where we will begin to oppress ourselves if we're not careful ” ( “ The Past is Prologue , ” 25 ) .

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Stockholm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA