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Holland

//ˈhɒ.lənd// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland.

    "Serious as was the flood damage in England, the bursting of some of the dykes on the coast of Holland resulted in an even more widespread and devastating inundation."

  2. 2
    A geographic area, one of the three traditional divisions of the county of Lincolnshire, England; also called the Parts of Holland.
  3. 3
    the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe). informal, metonymically, proscribed
  4. 4
    An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from any of the various places in England named Holland.
  5. 5
    An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the Netherlands.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cass Township, Dubois County, Indiana.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Grundy County, Iowa.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Missaukee County, Michigan.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Ottawa County, Michigan.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Ottawa County and Allegan County, Michigan.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Pipestone County, Minnesota.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Erie County, New York.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Bell County, Texas.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Orleans County, Vermont.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
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    A community in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, Manitoba, Canada.
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    A southern suburb of Oxted, Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ4050).
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    A settlement on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY4851).
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland. countable, historical, uncountable

    "I am convinced that many if not all the Quality in France were shirts of the finest holand, for tho' I never saw of them strip I have seen what is an equivalent proof, I have seen on the Bulwarks of Paris above twenty entire shirts hanging to dry that the best Gentlemen in England might wear without disparagement."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch and the English region (Holland, Lincolnshire).

Etymology 2

From Old English hoh land (“spur land”).

Etymology 3

After Holland, where it originally came from. From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).

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