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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Example Sentences

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

Survivors include their daughter, Lucy Reeves of Arizona; his sister, of South Holland; and his longtime girlfriend Jennifer Engstrom of Chicago.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

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

From Fox News • Mar. 13, 2022

Horticulture and market-gardening are of a high order, and flourish especially on the low fen soil and geest grounds along the foot of the dunes in the provinces of North and South Holland.

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