Holland (a historical province of the Netherlands) · Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe) · the Netherlands as a whole
köken: From Middle Dutch Hollant, from Old Dutch *Holtland (sometimes found in Latin texts), from holt (“wood”) + lant (“land”). A popular but false etymology holds that it is derived from hol land (“hollow land”), inspired by the low-lying geography of the Dutch region. Doublet of Blanda.
aile: hier is geen Holland, Holland op zijn smalst, hollandiseren, hollandisme, hollanditis, Hollands, Noord-Holland, Zuid-Holland
η φυσική περιοχή στο βορειοδυτικό άκρο της κεντρικής Ευρώπης, το οποίο βρίσκεται είτε λίγο πάνω, είτε κάτω από το επίπεδο της θάλασσας· περιλαμβάνει το Βέλγιο, την Ολλανδία, το Λουξεμβούργο και τμήμα γαλλικού και γερμανικού εδάφους
Holland (a historical province of the Netherlands) · Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)
köken: From Portuguese Holanda (“Holland”). Note that some sources give the erroneous Portuguese source spelling as Olanda (which is actually Italian), likely because the Portuguese h is silent. Compare Chinese 荷蘭 /荷兰 (Hélán) of the same meaning.