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noun(hol-land)a cotton or linen fabric in plain weave usually heavily sized or glazed and used for window shades, bookbinding, and clothing
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biographical name(hol-land)John Philip 1840—1914 American (Irish-born) inventor
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biographical name(hol-land)Sir Sidney George 1893—1961 prime minister of New Zealand (1945—57)
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geographical name(hol-land)city in western Michigan on Lake Michigan population 33,051
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geographical name(hol-land)medieval county of the Holy Roman Empire bordering on the North Sea, now forming the North Holland and South Holland provinces of the Netherlands
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geographical name(hol-land)netherlands
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geographical name(hol-land)low countries —a historical usage
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geographical name(hol-land)country in northwestern Europe on the North Sea; a kingdom, official capital Amsterdam, seat of government The Hague area 16,040 square miles (41,543 square kilometers), population 17,151,000
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geographical name(hol-land)district and former administrative county of eastern England in southeastern Lincolnshire; capital Boston area 418 square miles (1083 square kilometers)
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geographical name(hol-land)vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River connecting Manhattan Island, New York, with Jersey City, New Jersey; opened 1927
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geographical name(hol-land)headland on the coast southwest of The Hague in the South Holland province in the southwestern part of the Netherlands
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geographical name(hol-land)province of the northwestern part of the Netherlands bordering the North Sea; capital Haarlem area 1124 square miles (2911 square kilometers), population 2,741,369
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geographical name(hol-land)province on the North Sea in the southwestern part of the Netherlands; capital The Hague area 1259 square miles (3261 square kilometers), population 3,563,935