Definition of Holland

1. Noun. A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level.


Definition of Holland

1. n. A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.

Definition of Holland

1. Proper noun. The Netherlands. ¹

2. Proper noun. A region of the Netherlands formed by two provinces: ''North Holland'' and ''South Holland''. ¹

3. Proper noun. (surname A=An English habitational from=Middle English dot= for someone from the Netherlands, or from any of the various places in England named Holland.) ¹

4. Noun. A coarse woollen cloth used in furnishing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Holland

1. a cotton fabric [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Holland

Holarrhena antidysenterica
Holarrhena pubescens
Holbein
Holbein the Elder
Holbein the Younger
Holbrookia
Holcus
Holcus lanatus
Holcus mollis
Hold 'em
Holden's line
Holi
Holiness
Holinesses
Holl's ligament
Holland (current term)
Holland gin
Hollander
Hollander test
Hollanders
Hollandic
Hollandish
Hollands
Hollenhorst plaques
Hollerith
Hollerith card
Holliday junction
Holliday structure
Hollie
Holly

Literary usage of Holland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The duties of the various offices filled by Holland, added to the ... There was nothing left for Holland but to admit that the undertaking was beyond his ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Contemp 109:378-84 Mr '16 Citizen army of Holland. HW Van Loon. ... Nation 102:431 Ap 20 '16 Will Holland have to fight Germany? ..."

3. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"of his ancestors placed de Witt and the States party in Holland in a dilemma. Their hostility to the interests of the House of Stewart in its hour of ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"of his ancestors placed de Witt and the States party in Holland in a dilemma. ... The States General, the States of Holland, and de Witt himself, ..."

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