New Holland
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(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.
Proper noun[edit]
- (obsolete) The continent and the country of Australia.
- 1787, Chart of New Holland, published by J. Stockdale, London [1]
- A village, civil parish, and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823). [1]
- A settlement in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Hall County, Georgia.
- A village in Logan County, Illinois.
- A village in Fayette County and Pickaway County, Ohio.
- A community in Hyde County, North Carolina.
- A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
- A census-designated place in Douglas County, South Dakota.
Synonyms[edit]
- Australia
- Terra Australis (obsolete)
Translations[edit]
obsolete: Australia
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References[edit]
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English multiword terms
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Jamaica
- en:Places in Jamaica
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Georgia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Villages in Illinois, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Villages in Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Villages in North Carolina, USA
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- en:Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Census-designated places in South Dakota, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in South Dakota, USA
- en:Australia