stadn.
/stat/, U.S. /stæt/, South African English /stʌt/ South African.
A town or village.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun]
thorpc725
homeeOE
byc950
castlec1000
wickc1000
streeta1325
placec1390
plecka1576
bourgade1601
township1602
townreda1613
ville1837
vicus1842
ham1864
stad1896
1896 Daily News 28 Dec. 5/3 The principal Stadt is in flames.
1900 Daily News 23 May 5/6 Three hundred of the enemy entered and set fire to the native stad.
1906 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 390/2 The chief stad—as the native villages are curiously enough called in this country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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