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holm

noun
/həʊm/UK/hoʊm/US

Etymology

From Middle English holm, holme, from Old English holm (“wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”) and Old Norse holmr, holmi (“islet”), both from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (“rising ground, hill, island”), from Proto-Indo-European root *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old Saxon holm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Danish holm, Swedish holme, Norwegian Bokmål holme, Icelandic hólmur.

  1. derived from *hulmaz✻ — “rising ground, hill, island”
  2. derived from holmr
  3. inherited from holm — “wave, ocean, water, sea, islet”
  4. inherited from holm

Definitions

  1. Small island, islet.

  2. An island in a lake, river or estuary

    An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.

  3. Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with…

    Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.

    2. Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).

      • The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple, ſeeldom inward ſound.

    3. A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.

    4. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA