Hook of Holland

American  

noun

1. a cape and the harbor it forms in the SW Netherlands.

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Hook of Holland British  

noun

1. a cape on the SW coast of the Netherlands, in South Holland province

2. a port on this cape

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Etymology

Origin of Hook of Holland

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

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Hook of Holland

Standing on a grassy verge in the Hook of Holland, I'm overlooking the Port of Rotterdam.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Containers are loaded onto a ship at the port of Rotterdam, Hook of Holland, Netherlands, September 11, 2018.

From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2022

In his teens he walked from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, while in his sixties he swam the Hellespont, in homage to Lord Byron who swam it in 1810.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2014

In 1933, aged 18, he set off to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, passing through a Europe on the brink of calamity.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012

I shall travel on the 8.30 Continental express from Liverpool Street to Harwich, cross to the Hook of Holland, and from there make my way to Paris through Holland and Belgium.

From The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont by Barr, Robert