Stockholm

Meanings

1. A municipality, the capital and largest city of Sweden; the county seat of Stockholm County, Sweden.
2. The Swedish government.
3. A county of Sweden.
4. A number of places elsewhere, usually named after the Swedish capital:
5. A village in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt, Saskatchewan, Canada.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A township in Crawford County, Iowa.
8. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
9. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wright County, Minnesota.
10. An unincorporated community in Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
11. A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
12. A town in Grant County, South Dakota.

1. To suffer from Stockholm syndrome; to form an emotional bond or identification with one's captor or oppressor, also, to form such a bond with one's victim.

Etymology

From Swedish Stockholm, compound of stock (“log”) + holme (“islet”), possibly referring to logs put outside of the Stockholm shores to prevent ships from invading.