name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
holm
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Pronunciation
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UK: /həʊm/
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UK: /həʊlm/
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US: /hoʊm/
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US: /hoʊlm/
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rhymes with -əʊm
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homophone: home
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Small island, islet.
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noun
Meaning 3
An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Orkney, Scotland, dialectal
Qualifier: chiefly West Yorkshire(?)
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noun
Meaning 5
Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.
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Synonyms: floodplain, bottomland, bottoms, river-meadow
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noun
Meaning 6
Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: obsolete outside UK dialects
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noun
Meaning 7
A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.
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History
Etymology
* As an English, Scottish, German (by way of Low German holm), Scandinavian (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) /North Germanic surname (from Old Norse holmr), from holm (“islet”), all from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz. * Also as an English surname, from holm (“holly”). Compare Hollis.
From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.
From Middle English holm, holme, alteration of Middle English holin (“holly”). Doublet of hollin and holly.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: holm — small island
- Dutch: holm — small island
- Finnish: luoto — small island
- Scottish Gaelic: innis — small island
- Swedish: holme — small island
- Ukrainian: остріве́ць (ostrivécʹ) — small island