holland

CEFRB1

/ˈhɒ.lənd/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A strong, plain cotton or linen fabric.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A historical kingdom in Europe.

Examples

  • Go where you will in Holland, you will see windmills.

  • In this paper, I compare the folklores of Germany and Holland.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe).

  2. A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.

More examples

In context

  • Holland is part of the Netherlands.

  • His apartments were blank. Brown hollands covered his library-table

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Origin

noun

From Old Dutch holt lant (“wood land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch and the English region (Holland, Lincolnshire).