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English

Etymology
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 lowland|low-lying geography of both the Netherlands|Dutch and the English region (Wikipedia:Holland, Lincolnshire|Holland, Lincolnshire).

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. The Netherlands.
2. A region of the Netherlands formed by two provinces: North Holland and South Holland.

Translations
trans-top|the Netherlands
Arabic: ARchar|����دا (holánda) f
Bosnian: Holandija#Bosnian|Holandija f, Nizozemska#Bosnian|Nizozemska f
Bulgarian: Холанди� f
Catalan: (els) Països Baixos m p, Holanda f
Chinese: �� (Hélán)
Dutch: Nederland n
Estonian: Holland
French: Hollande
German: Niederland, Niederlande, Holland, Hollande
Icelandic: #Icelandic|Holland n
Italian: Olanda f
Japanese: ���� (Oranda)
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Korean: ���� (Nedellandeu)
Livonian: Holand
Maltese: l-Olanda
Norwegian: #Norwegian|Holland
Portuguese: Holanda f
Russian: �олланди� (Gollándija) f, �иде�ланд� (Niderlándy) p
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: Холанди�а#Serbian|Холанди�а f, �изозем�ка#Serbian|�изозем�ка f
:Roman: Holandija#Serbian|Holandija f, Nizozemska#Serbian|Nizozemska f
Spanish: (los) Países Bajos m p, Holanda f
Swedish: Holland
Tatar: Hollandia
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trans-top|a region of The Netherlands
Bosnian: Holandija#Bosnian|Holandija f
Catalan: Holanda f
Dutch: Holland n
Hungarian: Hollandia
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Serbian:
:Cyrillic: Холанди�а#Serbian|Холанди�а f
:Roman: Holandija#Serbian|Holandija f
Spanish: Holanda f
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Related terms
New Holland

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Icelandic
Icelandic declension hk sb örnefni|Holland

Proper noun
Holland n

1. #English|Holland

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Norwegian

Proper noun
Holland

1. archaic|lang=no #English|Holland

Synonyms
Nederland

Related terms
hollender, nederlender
hollandsk, nederlandsk

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• 2007-11-10 03:29 - Mikhaijlovich - /* Translations */

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