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  Holland

  noun

  John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.
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  holland

  noun

  a coarse linen cloth, used esp for furnishing

Holland

American  

[hol-uhnd] / ˈhɒl ənd /

noun

1. John Philip, 1840–1914, Irish inventor in the U.S.

2. Sir Sidney (George), 1893–1961, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1949–57.

3. the Netherlands.

4. a medieval county and province on the North Sea, corresponding to the modern North and South Holland provinces of the Netherlands.

5. a city in W Michigan.

6. Textiles.

   1. a cotton cloth treated to produce an opaque finish, as for window shades.

   2. Holland finish.

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Holland ¹ British  

/ ˈhɒlənd /

noun

1. another name for the Netherlands

2. a county of the Holy Roman Empire, corresponding to the present-day North and South Holland provinces of the Netherlands

3. an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire

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holland ² British  

/ ˈhɒlənd /

noun

1. a coarse linen cloth, used esp for furnishing

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Holland ³ British  

/ ˈhɒlənd /

noun

1. Henry. 1745–1806, British neoclassical architect. His work includes Brooks's Club (1776) and Carlton House (1783), both in London

2. Sir Sidney George. 1893–1961, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1949–57)

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Holland Cultural  

1. A part of The Netherlands. Holland is a common name for the entire country.

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Etymology

Origin of holland

C15: after _Holland , where it was made

Example Sentences

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The superhero film fronted by Tom Holland and real-life wife Zendaya brought in $39 million, down 45 percent on last weekend's take.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The superhero film fronted by Tom Holland and real-life wife Zendaya has brought in more than $2 billion globally since its July 31 release, according to industry watcher Exhibitor Relations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

"I thee web" leads the Sun as it reports Tom Holland and Zendaya have married "again in secret £500k bash at UK hotel".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Films starring Holland have made around $11 billion globally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Publication was important within this group, but no more important than private and semi-public correspondence: Mersenne wrote letters to Italy, Poland, Sweden and Holland announcing Pascal’s Puy-de-Dôme experiment.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

I suppose their might be a risk of some of the potential GB players competing for their home countries - tonga, samoa, south africa, new zealand, holland etc. but i'm sure it'll be good.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2012

Washington can’t be allowed to deploy his relievers like this again. clay rapada, darren o'day, Darren Oliver, derek holland, neftali perez, , Mets Interview Dodgers Assistant for G.M.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2010

Seen by the dim light of the dips, their number to me appeared countless, though not in reality exceeding eighty; they were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks of quaint fashion, and long holland pinafores.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

A pair of stout brown legs showed under the smocked holland pinafore, her white sun-hat hung upon her back, and she clasped a dilapidated doll in her arms.

From A Terrible Tomboy by Angela Brazil

Nor was a holland pinafore and the small urchin it contained entirely forgotten in these days.

From Peccavi by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung