Strand

So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.

• (UK, London) IPA^(key): /stɹænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Strand (countable and uncountable, plural Strands)

1. A surname.
2. (as "the Strand") A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.
3. An area surrounding the street in central London, Greater London, England.
4. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

• (street): Though many sources add “the”, official documentation from Westminster City Council calls the road simply “Strand”—not “the Strand”—as do the street name-plates and maps.

• Strand, London on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Strand, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Arndts, drants

First attested as Strand (Het) in 1913. Calque of West Frisian It Strân, derived from strân (“beach”).

• IPA^(key): /strɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: Strand
• Rhymes: -ɑnt
• Homophone: strand

Strand n

1. A hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle High German strant, from Old High German *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō. Cognate with English strand (“shore; beach”). More at strand.

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʁant/ (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ʃtrant/ (Austria)

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• Rhymes: -ant

Strand m (strong, genitive Strandes or Strands, plural Strände)

1. beach

• Ufer

• → Hungarian: strand
• → Romanian: ștrand
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: штранд

  Latin script: štrand

• Nordstrand

• “Strand” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Strand” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Strand” in Duden online

From Middle High German strand, from Old High German strant, from Proto-Germanic *strandō. Cognate with German Strand, Dutch strand, English strand, Icelandic strönd.

• IPA^(key): /ʃtʀɑnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Strand m (plural Stränn)

1. beach

• Plage

Strand

1. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

Strand

1. A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.

From Old Frisian *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō.

Strand m

1. beach, shore, strand

Strand c (genitive Strands)

1. a surname