Holden

See also: holden

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊldən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊldən/
  • Homophone: holden
  • Rhymes: -əʊldən

Proper noun

Holden

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:
      Holden!’ Mrs Spencer said. ‘How lovely to see you! Come in, dear! Are you frozen to death?’ I think she was glad to see me. She liked me. At least, I think she did.
  3. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  4. A lake in Lierne, Trøndelag, Norway.
  5. A lake in Steinkjer, Trøndelag, Norway.
  6. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
    2. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
    3. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    4. A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
    5. A city in Johnson County, Missouri.
    6. An unorganized territory in Adams County, North Dakota.
    7. An unincorporated community in Auglaize County and Hardin County, Ohio.
    8. A town in Millard County, Utah.
    9. A census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia.
    10. An unincorporated town in Vermont.

Derived terms

Noun

Holden (plural Holdens)

  1. A brand of car (automobile) originating in Australia.

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