Hol·land (h l  nd)1. A city of southwest Michigan southwest of Grand Rapids. Founded in 1847 by Dutch settlers, it is a manufacturing center and summer resort. Population: 34,200. 2. See Netherlands. Hol land·er n. |
| hol·land (hlnd) n. A cotton or linen fabric, usually sized or glazed, that is used especially for window shades, bookbinding, and upholstery. [Middle English holand, after Holand (Holland), a former province of the Netherlands, from Middle Dutch.] |
holland [ˈhɒlənd]
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(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a coarse linen cloth, used esp for furnishing
[after Holland, where it was made]
Holland [ˈhɒlənd]
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1. (Placename) another name for the Netherlands
2. (Placename) a county of the Holy Roman Empire, corresponding to the present-day North and South Holland provinces of the Netherlands
3. (Placename) Parts of. an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
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1. (Biographies / Holland, Henry (1745-1806) M, British, ARCHITECTURE: architect) Henry. 1745-1806, British neoclassical architect. His work includes Brooks's Club (1776) and Carlton House (1783), both in London
2. (Biographies / Holland, Sir Sidney George (1893-1961) M, New Zealand, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Sir Sidney George. 1893-1961, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1949-57)
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| Noun | 1. |  Holland - a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea levelCommon Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union" NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security Benelux - a customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and Luxembourg Amsterdam, capital of The Netherlands, Dutch capital - an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum Apeldoorn - a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center and site of the summer residence of the Dutch royal family Arnhem - a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II 's Gravenhage, Den Haag, The Hague - the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice Eindhoven - city in southeastern Netherlands noted for electrical industry Nijmegen - an industrial city in the eastern Netherlands Rotterdam - the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea Leiden, Leyden - a city in the western Netherlands; residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620 Utrecht - a city in the central Netherlands Friesland - one of the northernmost provinces of the Netherlands Frisian Islands - a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles Hoek van Holland, Hook of Holland - a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam IJssel, IJssel river - a river in the central Netherlands flowing north to the IJsselmeer IJsselmeer - a shallow lake in northwestern Netherlands created in 1932 by building a dam across the entrance to the Zuider Zee Meuse, Meuse River - a European river; flows into the North Sea Rhein, Rhine River, Rhine - a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea |
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