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Definition of Holland
1. Noun. A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level.
Group relationships: Common Market, Ec, Eec, Eu, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, Nato, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Benelux
Generic synonyms: European Country, European Nation
Terms within: 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
Group relationships: Europe
Member holonyms: Dutchman, Hollander, Netherlander
Derivative terms: Hollander
Definition of Holland
1. 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.
Definition of Holland
1. Proper noun. The Netherlands. ¹
2. Proper noun. A region of the Netherlands formed by two provinces: ''North Holland'' and ''South Holland''. ¹
3. Proper noun. (surname A=An English habitational from=Middle English dot= for someone from the Netherlands, or from any of the various places in England named Holland.) ¹
4. Noun. A coarse woollen cloth used in furnishing ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Holland
1. a cotton fabric [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holland
Literary usage of Holland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The duties of the various offices filled by Holland, added to the ... There was
nothing left for Holland but to admit that the undertaking was beyond his ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Contemp 109:378-84 Mr '16 Citizen army of Holland. HW Van Loon. ... Nation 102:431
Ap 20 '16 Will Holland have to fight Germany? ..."
3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"of his ancestors placed de Witt and the States party in Holland in a dilemma.
Their hostility to the interests of the House of Stewart in its hour of ..."
4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"of his ancestors placed de Witt and the States party in Holland in a dilemma.
... The States General, the States of Holland, and de Witt himself, ..."
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