Stockholm

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

noun

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

Stockholm

/ ˈstɒkhəʊm, ˈstɔkhɔlm /

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.

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

Example Sentences

Gabriel Samuel, 21, visiting from Stockholm waited for his Giga Burger in a booth.

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Shares were up 7.9% in afternoon trade in Stockholm, and have more than doubled in value in the year to date.

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Researchers from Stockholm University have -- for the first time ever -- managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules from Ice Age woolly mammoths.

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Several people have been killed and injured after a bus crashed into a bus stop in central Stockholm, Swedish police say.

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Earnings growth next year could be sustained by lower finance costs, continued margin expansion at its U.K. bus business and full-year contribution from a Stockholm rail contract, he says.

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