North Holland

noun

1. a province in W Netherlands. 1,163 sq. mi. (3,010 sq. km). : Haarlem.

North Holland

noun

1. a province of the NW Netherlands, on the peninsula between the North Sea and IJsselmeer: includes the West Frisian Island of Texel. Capital: Haarlem. Pop: 2 573 000 (2003 est). Area: 2663 sq km (1029 sq miles) Dutch nameNoordholland

Example Sentences

This interdict will not be removed until the cities of North Holland have acceded to the affair of convoy.

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He sent a tidy sum of gold to the village in North Holland, where his farm had been moored, for a few hours.

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In a severe winter this large expanse of ice connects instead of dividing Friesland with North Holland.

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The produce is greater even than that of the new-dyke land, on the banks of the river Ems, in North Holland.

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The market-place looked as if half the population of North Holland might be there.

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