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Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland proper noun: a housing development in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; its large advertising sign later became a symbol for both the Hollywood district and its film industry.

Proper noun

Hollywoodland

  1. (originally) A housing development in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; its large advertising sign later became a symbol for both the Hollywood district and its film industry.
  2. (historical) Synonym of Hollywood.
    • Here, I am in the heart of Hollywood, but the folks living in Hollywoodland are just like the ones in the small towns back home in North Dakota.1939, Modern Pharmacy, Parke, Davis and Company
    Synonyms:
    Hollywood
  3. (historical) The silent-film era of Hollywood.

Synonyms of Hollywoodland

Origin of Hollywoodland

From the original word on the Hollywood Sign (from 1923 until 1949). By surface analysis, holly + wood + land.

Questions about Hollywoodland

What does Hollywoodland mean?
Hollywoodland means a housing development in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles, California; its large advertising sign later became a symbol for both the Hollywood district and its film industry.
What part of speech is Hollywoodland?
Hollywoodland is a proper noun.

Words near Hollywoodland in the dictionary

  1. Hollywoodization
  2. Hollywoodize
  3. Hollywoodized
  4. Hollywoodizes
  5. Hollywoodizing
  6. Hollywoodland
  7. Hollywoods
  8. Hollywoody
  9. holm
  10. holm oak
  11. holm oaks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hollywoodland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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