New Holland

Meanings

1. The continent and the country of Australia.
2. A village, civil parish, and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823).
3. A settlement in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Hall County, Georgia.
6. A village in Logan County, Illinois.
7. A village in Fayette County and Pickaway County, Ohio.
8. A community in Hyde County, North Carolina.
9. A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
10. A census-designated place in Douglas County, South Dakota.
11. Synonym of Dutch Brazil.

Etymology

(sense 1) Coined in 1644 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman as Nieuw Holland. (sense 2) Uncertain, Parts of Holland was in the south of Lincolnshire.