residensstad

Swedish

Etymology

From residens (“residence”) +‎ stad (“city”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

residensstad c

1. a city in which the county administrative board (länsstyrelsen) and the residence of the county governor (landshövdingen) of a county is located; equivalent to the British county town or the American county seat

   Synonym: länshuvudstad (Finland Swedish)

Declension

Declension of residensstad

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	residensstad	residensstads
	definite	residensstaden	residensstadens
plural	indefinite	residensstäder	residensstäders
	definite	residensstäderna	residensstädernas

Related terms

• centralort
• huvudstad
• köping

References

• residensstad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• residensstad in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)