All 3 Uses of
Holland
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- It was an anniversary gift from her husband, Harvey, now manning a tank gun in Holland.
p. 255.8 *Holland = the Netherlands
- They ended with the national anthems of England, Holland, and the United States.
p. 269.4Holland = Informal reference to the Netherlands (confusion arises because important provinces in the Netherlands are North Holland and South Holland).
- Japan held some 132,000 POWs from America, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Holland, and Australia.
p. 314.9
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.