name · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈstɒkhɒlm/
/ˈstɒkhoʊ(l)m/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 1
A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
name
Meaning 2
The Swedish government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: metonymically
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3
name
Meaning 3
A county of Sweden.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
name
Meaning 4
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Crawford County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wright County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 10
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Grant County, South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 11
A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Pepin County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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12
verb
Meaning 12
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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13
noun
Meaning 13
the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the Nobel Prize is awarded in Stockholm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capital of Sweden
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: national capital
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Albanian:
Stokholmi
— capital city of Sweden
Albanian:
Stokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Arabic:
سْتُوكْهُولْم
(stokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Arabic:
إِسْتُوكْهُولْم
(ʔistokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܣܬܘܟܗܘܠܡ
— capital city of Sweden
Armenian:
Ստոկհոլմ
(Stokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Asturian:
Estocolmu
— capital city of Sweden
Asturian:
Estocolmo
— capital city of Sweden
Azerbaijani:
Stokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Basque:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Belarusian:
Стакго́льм
(Stakhólʹm)
— capital city of Sweden
Bengali:
স্টকহোম
(sṭokohōm)
— capital city of Sweden
Bulgarian:
Стокхо́лм
(Stokhólm)
— capital city of Sweden
Burmese:
စတော့ခ်ဟုမ်းမြို့
(ca.tauhk.hum:mrui.)
— capital city of Sweden
Carpathian Rusyn:
Штокголм
(Štokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Catalan:
Estocolm
— capital city of Sweden
Cherokee:
ᏍᏔᎧᎰᎻ
(stakahomi)
— capital city of Sweden
Chinese Cantonese:
斯德哥爾摩 /斯德哥尔摩
(si1 dak1 go1 ji5 mo1)
— capital city of Sweden
Chinese Mandarin:
斯德哥爾摩 /斯德哥尔摩
(Sīdégē'ěrmó)
— capital city of Sweden
Czech:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Danish:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Dutch:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Esperanto:
Stokholmo
— capital city of Sweden
Estonian:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Faroese:
Stokkhólmur
— capital city of Sweden
Finnish:
Tukholma
— capital city of Sweden
French:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
West-Frisian:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
West-Frisian:
Stokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Galician:
Estocolmo
— capital city of Sweden
Georgian:
სტოკჰოლმი
(sṭoḳholmi)
— capital city of Sweden
German:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Greek:
Στοκχόλμη
(Stokchólmi)
— capital city of Sweden
Hawaiian:
Kekokehome
— capital city of Sweden
Hebrew:
סְטוֹקְהוֹלְם
(stok'holm)
— capital city of Sweden
Hindi:
स्टॉकहोम
(sṭŏkhom)
— capital city of Sweden
Hungarian:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Icelandic:
Stokkhólmur
— capital city of Sweden
Indonesian:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Inuktitut:
ᔅᑑᒃᓱᓪᒻ
(stooksolm)
— capital city of Sweden
Irish:
Stócólm
— capital city of Sweden
Italian:
Stoccolma
— capital city of Sweden
Jamaican Creole:
Stakuom
— capital city of Sweden
Japanese:
ストックホルム
(Sutokkuhorumu)
— capital city of Sweden
Kazakh:
Стокгольм
(Stokgolm)
— capital city of Sweden
Khmer:
ស្តុកខុល
(stokkhol)
— capital city of Sweden
Korean:
스톡홀름
(Seutokholleum)
— capital city of Sweden
Northern Kurdish:
Stokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Kyrgyz:
Стокгольм
(Stokgolm)
— capital city of Sweden
Lao:
ສະຕອກໂຮມ
(sa tǭk hōm)
— capital city of Sweden
Latin:
Stockholmia
— capital city of Sweden
Latin:
Holmia
— capital city of Sweden
Latvian:
Stokholma
— capital city of Sweden
Lithuanian:
Stokholmas
— capital city of Sweden
Low German:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Macedonian:
Стокхолм
(Stokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Malay:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Maltese:
Stokkolma
— capital city of Sweden
Meänkieli:
Stokholmi
— capital city of Sweden
Meänkieli:
Tokholmi
— capital city of Sweden
Mongolian:
Стокхольм
(Stokxolʹm)
— capital city of Sweden
Mongolian:
Стокгольм
(Stokgolʹm)
— capital city of Sweden
Newar:
स्तकहोम
(stakahoma)
— capital city of Sweden
Norwegian Bokmål:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Occitan:
Estocòlme
— capital city of Sweden
Pashto:
ستوکهولم
(stokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Persian:
استکهلم
(estokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Pitcairn-Norfolk:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Polish:
Sztokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Portuguese:
Estocolmo
— capital city of Sweden
Romanian:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Russian:
Стокго́льм
(Stokgólʹm)
— capital city of Sweden
Lule-Sami:
Stockhoalmma
— capital city of Sweden
Northern Sami:
Stockholbma
— capital city of Sweden
Southern Sami:
Stuehkie
— capital city of Sweden
Scottish Gaelic:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Serbo-Croatian:
Стокхолм
— capital city of Sweden
Serbo-Croatian:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Slovak:
Štokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Slovene:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Spanish:
Estocolmo
— capital city of Sweden
Swedish:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Tajik:
Стокҳолм
(Stokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
Tatar:
Стокһольм
(Stoqholʹm)
— capital city of Sweden
Thai:
สต็อกโฮล์ม
(sà-dtɔ́k-hoom)
— capital city of Sweden
Turkish:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Turkmen:
Stokgolm
— capital city of Sweden
Ukrainian:
Стокго́льм
(Stokhólʹm)
— capital city of Sweden
Urdu:
اسٹاک ہوم
(esṭāk hom)
— capital city of Sweden
Uyghur:
ستوكگولم
(stokgolm)
— capital city of Sweden
Uzbek:
Stokgolm
— capital city of Sweden
Veps:
Stokholʹm
— capital city of Sweden
Vietnamese:
Tốc Hàm
— capital city of Sweden
Vietnamese:
Xtốc-khôm
— capital city of Sweden
Võro:
Stokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Võro:
Tokholm
— capital city of Sweden
Welsh:
Stockholm
— capital city of Sweden
Yiddish:
שטאָקהאָלם
(shtokholm)
— capital city of Sweden
