New Holland

English

Etymology

(sense 1) Coined in 1644 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman as Nieuw Holland.
(sense 2) Uncertain, Parts of Holland was in the south of Lincolnshire.

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New Holland

  1. (obsolete) The continent and the country of Australia.
    • 1787, Chart of New Holland, published by J. Stockdale, London
  2. A village, civil parish, and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823). [1]
  3. A settlement in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Hall County, Georgia.
    2. A village in Logan County, Illinois.
    3. A village in Fayette County and Pickaway County, Ohio.
    4. A community in Hyde County, North Carolina.
    5. A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    6. A census-designated place in Douglas County, South Dakota.

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