English Explanatory Dictionary

Holderness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
  2. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States, named after Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness.
  3. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

Holderness Holdernesses Holness

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫldr (“man, hero”) + nes (“headland”).

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