English Online Dictionary. What means holland? What does holland mean?
English
Etymology
After Holland, where it originally came from. From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).
Noun
holland (countable and uncountable, plural hollands)
- (now historical) A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.
Derived terms
- brown holland
Translations
Hungarian
Etymology
Back-formation from Hollandia. Ultimately from Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈholːɒnd]
- Hyphenation: hol‧land
- Rhymes: -ɒnd
Adjective
holland (not comparable)
- (relational) of the Netherlands; Dutch
Declension
Noun
holland (countable and uncountable, plural hollandok)
- Dutch (person)
- Dutch (language)
Declension
Derived terms
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References
Further reading
- holland in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN