All 7 Uses of
Holland
in
Gulliver's Travels
- But meeting a trade-wind two days after I came on board him, we sailed southward a long time, and coasting New Holland, kept our course west-south-west, and then south-south-west, till we doubled the Cape of Good Hope.
Chpt 2 *Holland = Informal reference to the Netherlands (confusion arises because important provinces in the Netherlands are North Holland and South Holland).
- I had lived long in Holland, pursuing my studies at Leyden, and I spoke Dutch well.
Chpt 3
- I knew many persons in Holland.
Chpt 3
- I would have given the captain (one Theodorus Vangrult) what he pleased to ask for my voyage to Holland; but understanding I was a surgeon, he was contented to take half the usual rate, on condition that I would serve him in the way of my calling.
Chpt 3
- He arrives at New Holland, hoping to settle there.
Chpt 4
- And although this were little better than conjecture, yet I resolved to steer my course eastward, hoping to reach the south-west coast of New Holland, and perhaps some such island as I desired lying westward of it.
Chpt 4
- I lay all night in my canoe; and repeating my voyage early in the morning, I arrived in seven hours to the south-east point of New Holland.
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(Holland) Informal reference to the Netherlands (confusion arises because important provinces in the Netherlands are North Holland and South Holland).
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Holland can refer to a person's name.