Hollywood
Americannoun
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the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
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a city in SE Florida, near Miami: seaside resort.
noun
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a NW suburb of Los Angeles, California: centre of the American film industry. Pop: 167 664 (2000)
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the American film industry
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( as modifier )
a Hollywood star
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Center of the American film industry.
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First elected as an MP in 1987, she faced cruel comments about her appearance, with one newspaper calling her "Doris Karloff" - a reference to an old Hollywood horror star.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026
The Ranch outpost is rich in Hollywood history — a go-to site to shoot old westerns.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
But threaded through the movie is another story, well-suited to the director’s dry and self-effacing sense of humor, of Hollywood producers interested in remaking “Sherman’s March” as a fiction feature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
Sounds like a Hollywood script that might never see the silver screen.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026
It was decorated with a picture of Hollywood Heather!
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
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