storstadsområde

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of storstad (“metropolis; large city”) +‎ -s- +‎ område (“area”). First attested in 1947.

Noun

storstadsområde n

1. a metropolitan area, a conurbation

   Synonyms: konurbation, storstadsregion

Usage notes

• Generally, the three Swedish metropolitan areas are Stockholm, Göteborg, and Malmö.
• When referring to a specific metropolitan area, one can;
  • Place the prefix stor- (“large, great”) in front of the city name, such as Storstockholm (“Greater Stockholm”), Storlondon (“Greater London”), and Storköpenhamn (“Greater Copenhagen”).
  • Place the suffix -område (“area, region”) after the name of the city, such as Stockholmsområdet (“the Stockholm area”), Göteborgsområdet (“the Gothenburg area”), and Köpenhamnsområdet (“the Copenhagen area”).
  • Note; that while the term region (“region”) can be used for the whole area, e.g. Stockholmsregionen (“the Stockholm region”), it can also refer to the local administration and municipal body, e.g. Region Stockholm (“Region Stockholm”) including the specific borders of that administration.

Declension

Declension of storstadsområde
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	storstadsområde	storstadsområdet	storstadsområden	storstadsområdena
Genitive	storstadsområdes	storstadsområdets	storstadsområdens	storstadsområdenas

References

• storstadsområde in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)