Holland

Meanings

1. A historical province of the Netherlands.
2. the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe).
3. A historical kingdom in Europe.
4. A historical county of the Holy Roman Empire.
5. An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from the Netherlands.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A minor city in Faulkner County, Arkansas.
8. An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
9. A town in Cass Township, Dubois County, Indiana.
10. A minor city in Grundy County, Iowa.
11. An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
12. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.

1. A geographic area, one of the three traditional divisions of the county of Lincolnshire, England; also called the Parts of Holland.
2. An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from any of the various places in England named Holland.

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hultą Proto-West Germanic *holt Old Dutch holt Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Frankish *land Old Dutch lant Old Dutch holt lantder. English Holland 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).