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Hollandish

Hollandish adjective: of or relating to Holland (historical province in the Netherlands).

Adjective

Hollandish (comparative more Hollandish, superlative most Hollandish)

  1. Of or relating to Holland (historical province in the Netherlands).
    • In other words, the irregularity in present day non-standard Afrikaans is completely different from the irregularity in standard Dutch and in the Hollandish dialects.1996, The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages, page 92
    • Burridge's paper investigates various means of incorporating body part nouns into clauses in 14th and 15th century Middle Dutch medical treatises (Brabantish and Hollandish dialects).2011, Hilary Chappel, William McGregor, “Prolegomena to a theory of inalienability”, in The Grammar of Inalienability, page 21
  2. (archaic) Dutch.

Proper noun

Hollandish

  1. Synonym of Hollandic.
    Synonyms:
    Hollandic

Synonyms of Hollandish

Forms of Hollandish

comparativemore Hollandish
superlativemost Hollandish

Origin of Hollandish

From Holland + -ish.

Questions about Hollandish

What does Hollandish mean?
Hollandish means of or relating to Holland (historical province in the Netherlands).
What part of speech is Hollandish?
Hollandish can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Hollandish in the dictionary

  1. hollander
  2. Hollander beater
  3. Hollander beaters
  4. hollanders
  5. Hollandic
  6. Hollandish
  7. Hollandistan
  8. hollandite
  9. Hollanditis
  10. Hollandization
  11. Hollandize

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