hollands
hollands is the plural of holland.
Meaning of holland
Noun
holland (countable and uncountable, plural hollands)
- A type of linen cloth, originally from Holland.
- I am convinced that many if not all the Quality in France wore shirts of the finest holand, for tho' I never saw of them strip I have seen what is an equivalent proof, I have seen on the Bulwarks of Paris above twenty entire shirts hanging to dry that the best Gentlemen in England might wear...1768, Joshua Reynolds, edited by John Ingamells and John Edgcumbe, The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale, published 2000, page 23
Noun capitalized: Hollands
Hollands (uncountable)
- jenever (the Dutch form of gin)
- Now, when the Atlantic, according to custom, was raging with a storm, and a good westerly wind was blowing strong on the coast, many's the richly-laden ship that went to pieces on these rocks; and then the fine bales of cotton and tobacco, and such like things; and the pipes of wine, and the...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 527
Proper noun capitalized: Hollands
Hollands (plural Hollandses)
- A surname.
Forms of hollands
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Origin of hollands
Variant of Holland.
Words formed from hollands
Phrases with hollands
Questions about hollands
- What does hollands mean?
- Hollands means jenever (the Dutch form of gin).
- What is hollands the plural of?
- Hollands is the plural of holland.
- What part of speech is hollands?
- Hollands can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near hollands in the dictionary
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