South Holland

American  

noun

1. a province in the SW Netherlands. 1,086 sq. mi. (2,810 sq. km). The Hague.

2. a city in NE Illinois.

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South Holland British  

noun

1. Dutch name: Zuidholland.  a province of the SW Netherlands, on the North Sea: lying mostly below sea level, it has a coastal strip of dunes and is drained chiefly by distributaries of the Rhine, with large areas of reclaimed land; the most densely populated province in the country, intensively cultivated and industrialized. Capital: The Hague. Pop: 3 440 000 (2003 est). Area: 3196 sq km (1234 sq miles)

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South Holland

Hicks, who will lead the second-largest U.S. archdiocese, with 2.5 million members, grew up in South Holland, Ill., just south of Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

The delay "has put many councils in a period of stasis", said Charlotte Paine, the head of operational services at the Conservative-controlled South Holland Council in Lincolnshire.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023

Truck driver Chris Calhoun, 32, sought more peace in suburban South Holland in 2014.

From Fox News ● Mar. 13, 2022

One, in South Holland, has experienced a drop of 70 percent in giving.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2020

Nearly all the polders of Zeeland and South Holland are able to discharge naturally into the sea at average low water, self-regulating sluices being used.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various