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holland
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun holland has 1 sense
- holland(n = noun.location) kingdom of the netherlands, nederland, netherlands, the netherlands - a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level; Array is a member of common market, ec, eec, eu, europe, european community, european economic community, european union, nato, north atlantic treaty organization, benelux
is a kind of european country, european nation
has parts: amsterdam, capital of the netherlands, dutch capital, apeldoorn, arnhem, 's gravenhage, den haag, the hague, eindhoven, nijmegen, rotterdam, leiden, leyden, utrecht, friesland, frisian islands, hoek van holland, hook of holland, ijssel, ijssel river, ijsselmeer, meuse, meuse river, rhein, rhine, rhine river
is a part of europe
Derived form noun hollander1
CIDE DICTIONARY
holland, n.
A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
holland, n. a smooth, hard-wearing, linen fabric.
Idiom
brown holland unbleached holland.
Etymology
Holland = Netherlands: Du., earlier Holtlant f. holt wood + -lant land, describing the Dordrecht district
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