English Explanatory Dictionary

holme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of holm.
name
  1. Any of various villages in England.
  2. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL1987).
  3. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD5278).
  4. A hamlet in Messingham parish, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE9206).
  5. A small village in Holme Valley parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1006).
  6. A river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Colne at Huddersfield.

Word forms

holme holmes

Etymology

From Middle English holm (“an island”), from Old Norse holmr, from Proto-Germanic *hulmaz.

Derived words

Gauxholme Dalton Holme Denton Holme Holmbridge Holme Abbey Holme East Waver Holme Hale Holme Low Holme-on-Spalding-Moor Holme Pierrepont Holme Slack Holme St Cuthbert Holme Valley Holme Wood
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