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Stockholm

[ stok-hohm, -hohlm; Swedish stawk-hawlm ]

noun

  1. the chief seaport in and the capital of Sweden, in the SE part.


Stockholm

/ ˈstɔkhɔlm; ˈstɒkhəʊm /

noun

  1. the capital of Sweden, a port in the E central part at the outflow of Lake Mälaren into the Baltic: situated partly on the mainland and partly on islands; traditionally founded about 1250; university (1877). Pop: 765 582 (2004 est)


Stockholm

  1. Capital of Sweden and largest city in the country, located in southern Sweden on the Baltic Sea .


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Notes

Each year the Nobel Prizes (except the prize for peace) are awarded in Stockholm.

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Example Sentences

Founded by German monks in present-day Old Town Stockholm, Zum Franziskaner has become a legend amongst locals and tourists.

It had opened in Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Prague, London.

So much for the Stockholm syndrome the GOP House leadership insists represents political reality.

But those who condemn the Stockholm-born spinner for the drug-culture at his concerts should take a look at the facts.

Sweden was the first European country to inaugurate a dedicated LGBT retirement facility, which was opened in Stockholm in 2013.

They live in Stockholm, where she paints portraits and genre subjects.

At sunrise the next morning he goes on board the steamer Svithiod, bound from Lubeck to Stockholm.

In 1856 she removed to Stockholm, and was earnestly entreated to go to Dalecadin, and instruct the people.

In this connection they mention a singular experiment tried by a geologist of Stockholm.

In the mean time he grew so uneasy at Stockholm, that he resolved to be gone without a passport.

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