Stuttgart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The largest city and state capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  2. A few places in the United States:
  3. A city in Arkansas County, Arkansas; it is the county seat of Arkansas County's northern district.
  4. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, located in the north of the state off U.S. Route 36 7.6 mi west-northwest of Phillipsburg and 6.6 mi east-southeast of Prairie View.
noun
  1. A soil series formed in alluvium and primarily used for crops, most notably rice and also soybeans, small grains and corn, all of which ducks and geese feed on in the colder months; they are classified as alfisols but their high content of montmorillonite puts them close to the vertisol class; the series is the state soil of Arkansas.

Pronunciation

/ˈʃtʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/ /ˈstʊtɡɑː(ɹ)t/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Stuttgart.wav /ˈstʌtɡɑː(ɹ)t/

Word forms

Stuttgart

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Stuttgart, from Old High German stuotgarten (“stud farm”), from stuot (stud) + garten (garden).

Synonyms

Rice and Duck Capital of the World

Related words

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