name
Meaning 1
A historical province of the Netherlands.
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Standard Lemma guide
Holland
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒ.lənd/
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General-American: /ˈhɑ.lənd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlənd/
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General-American: hŏlʹənd
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General-American: /ˈhɑlənd/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 L AH0 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe).
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Usage: informal, metonymically, proscribed
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Meaning 3
A historical kingdom in Europe.
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Meaning 4
A historical county of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Meaning 5
An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the Netherlands.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cass Township, Dubois County, Indiana.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Grundy County, Iowa.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Missaukee County, Michigan.
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Meaning 14
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Ottawa County, Michigan.
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Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Ottawa County and Allegan County, Michigan.
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Meaning 16
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
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Meaning 17
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Pipestone County, Minnesota.
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Meaning 18
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Meaning 19
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
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Meaning 20
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
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Meaning 21
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
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Meaning 22
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Erie County, New York.
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Meaning 23
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
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Meaning 24
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Springfield Township, Lucas County, Ohio.
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Meaning 25
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 26
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Bell County, Texas.
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Meaning 27
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Orleans County, Vermont.
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Meaning 28
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 29
A number of places in the United States:
A town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 30
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 31
A community in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, Manitoba, Canada.
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Meaning 32
A southern suburb of Oxted, Tandridge district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ4050).
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Meaning 33
A settlement on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HY4851).
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Meaning 34
A geographic area, one of the three traditional divisions of the county of Lincolnshire, England; also called the Parts of Holland.
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Meaning 35
An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from any of the various places in England named Holland.
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noun
Meaning 36
A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.
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Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 37
a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Netherlands, The Netherlands, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland
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Broader terms: European country, European nation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hultą Proto-West Germanic *holt Old Dutch holt Proto-Indo-European *lendh- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Frankish *land Old Dutch lant Old Dutch holt lantder. English Holland 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). Doublet of balanda (“white, European” among Australian Aboriginals).
Most commonly derived from Old English hoh land (“spur land”). However, on the basis of the topographical inappropriateness of this name and early forms, Coates and Breeze (2000) argued that the first element is a Proto-Brythonic haiw- (“marsh, swamp”).
After Holland, where it originally came from. From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).
Across languages
Translations
108 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Albanian: Holandë — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Albanian: Holanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Arabic: هُولَنْدَا (holandā) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Arabic: هُولَنْدَة (holanda) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܘܿܠܵܢܕܵܐ (hōlandā) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Armenian: Հոլանդիա (Holandia) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Azerbaijani: Hollandiya — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Belarusian: Гала́ндыя (Halándyja) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Belarusian: Галя́ндыя (Haljándyja) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Bengali: হল্যান্ড (holênḍ) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Bulgarian: Хола́ндия (Holándija) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Burmese: ဟော်လန် (haulan) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Catalan: Holanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Chinese Cantonese: 荷蘭 /荷兰 — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Chinese Mandarin: 荷蘭 /荷兰 (Hélán) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Corsican: Ulanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Corsican: Olanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Crimean Tatar: Felemenk — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Czech: Holandsko — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Danish: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Dhivehi: ހޮލެންޑު (holen̊ḍu) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Dutch: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Esperanto: Holando — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Estonian: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Faroese: Háland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Finnish: Hollanti — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- French: Hollande — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- North Frisian: Hollöön — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- North Frisian: Hollun — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- North Frisian: (Öömrang) Holun — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- West-Frisian: Hollân — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Galician: Holanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Georgian: ჰოლანდია (holandia) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- German: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Greek: Ολλανδία (Ollandía) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Hawaiian: Hōlani — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Hebrew: הוֹלַנד (hóland) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Hindi: हॉलैंड (hŏlaiṇḍ) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Hungarian: Hollandia — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Icelandic: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Indonesian: Holandia — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Irish: An Ollainn — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Italian: Olanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Japanese: オランダ (Oranda) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Japanese: 蘭国 (Rankoku) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Kazakh: Голландия (Gollandiä) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Khmer: ហូឡង់ (houlɑng) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Khmer: ហូល (houl) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Korean: 홀란트 (Hollanteu) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Korean: 화란 (Hwaran) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Northern Kurdish: Holenda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Northern Kurdish: Holanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Kyrgyz: Голландия (Gollandiya) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Lao: ໂຮນລັງ (hōn lang) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Latvian: Holande — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Lithuanian: Olandija — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Livonian: Holand — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Macedonian: Холандија (Holandija) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Malay: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Malay: Belanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Maltese: l-Olanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Māori: Hōrana — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Mongolian: Голланд (Golland) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Norwegian Bokmål: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Occitan: Olanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Pashto: هالېنډ (hālenḍ) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Persian: هلند (holand) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Plautdietsch: Hollaunt — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Polish: Holandia — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Portuguese: Holanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Romanian: Olanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Russian: Голла́ндия (Gollándija) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Scots: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Serbo-Croatian: Хола̀ндија — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Serbo-Croatian: Holàndija — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Slovak: Holandsko — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Slovene: Holandija — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Spanish: Holanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Swahili: Uholanzi — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Swedish: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tagalog: Olanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tagalog: Holland — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tajik: Ҳоланд (Holand) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tamil: ஹாலந்து (hālantu) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tatar: Голландия (Ğollandiyä) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tetum: Belanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Thai: ฮอลแลนด์ (hɔn-lɛɛn) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Thai: ฮอลันดา (hɔɔ-lan-daa) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tibetan: ཧོ་ལན (ho lan) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Tongan: Holani — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Turkish: Hollanda — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Turkmen: Gollandiýa — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Ukrainian: Голла́ндія (Hollándija) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Urdu: ہالینڈ (holainḍ) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Urdu: ولندیز (valandez) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Urdu: ہولانت (holānt) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Urdu: ولندستان (valandistān) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Uyghur: گوللاندىيە (gollandiye) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Uzbek: Gollandiya — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Yiddish: האָלאַנד (holand) — region of the Netherlands — see also Netherlands
- Bulgarian: грубо ленено платно (grubo leneno platno) — linen cloth
- French: hollande — linen cloth
- German: Hollandzeug — linen cloth
- Italian: olanda — linen cloth
- Portuguese: holanda — linen cloth
- Russian: холст (xolst) — linen cloth
- Spanish: holanda — linen cloth
Real reading context