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Stade
//steɪd// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A town and rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany. countable, uncountable
- 2 A habitational surname from German. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 Synonym of stadion (“former Greek unit of distance”). historical
- 2 A unit of length notionally based on the height of a grown man, equivalent to a fathom. historical
- 3 A chief town in an area or country. obsolete, rare
- 4 Fabric or textiles from or similar to those of Stade. obsolete
- 5 A station for ships, as an anchorage or wharf. obsolete
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- 6 A track for footraces and its surrounding stadium. dated
- 7 Synonym of estadio: a traditional Spanish unit of measure equivalent to about 1.67 m. obsolete
- 8 A stage of progress; in a journey. obsolete
- 9 A stage of progress; of a disease. obsolete
- 10 A stage of progress; in glaciation during which a secondary advance of the glaciers occurs.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin stadium, from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion), a 600-foot racetrack, a distance of 600 Greek feet. Cognate with French stade. Doublet of stadium, stadion, and estadio.
Etymology 2
From Spanish estado, from Latin status (“standing”), in reference to it being roughly the height of a grown man. Doublet of estate, state, status, and estado.
Etymology 3
From Dutch stad. Doublet of stead.
Etymology 4
From German Stade, a town in Hanover.
Etymology 5
From Old English staed. Cognate with German Gestade (“shore”).
Etymology 6
Borrowed from German Stade.
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