Synonyms:
Netherlands, The_Netherlands, Kingdom_of_The_Netherlands, Nederland, Holland
Meaning: a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level
Usage examples
But in Holland, too, sorrow was in store for her.
Count William of Holland dearly loved pluck and nerve.
"I'm just ironing Mr. Holland's shirt," objected Maggie.
"This has been one of the scorching days," Mr. Holland said.
JACQUELINE OF HOLLAND: THE GIRL OF THE LAND OF FOGS, A.D. 1414.
In that is greater glory and more of power than being husband to the Lady of Holland."
Mrs. Holland had nothing in the world to do, from morning until night, but to keep herself cool.
The brave von Brederode fell pierced with wounds, and the day seemed lost, indeed, to the Lady of Holland.
For the nobles and merchants of Holland, four centuries and a half ago, were at open strife with one another.
The story of Jacqueline of Holland is one of the most romantic that has come down to us from those romantic days of the knights.