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Holland (disambiguation)
Holland can refer to many different things, though primarily to Holland, a former county and region in the Netherlands, now divided into two provinces; North Holland and South Holland. Holland is often (incorrectly) used as synonym of The Netherlands. Other "Hollands" include:
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Places
United Kingdom
- Holland, Lancashire and Up Holland
- Holland, Lincolnshire - a part of a county.
United States
- Holland, Arkansas
- Holland, Indiana
- Holland, Iowa
- Holland, Massachusetts
- Holland, Michigan
- Holland, Minnesota
- Holland, Missouri
- Holland, New York
- Holland, Ohio
- Holland, Pennsylvania
- Holland, Texas
- Holland, Vermont
- Holland, part of Suffolk, Virginia
- Holland, Wisconsin
- Holland Township, Michigan
- Holland Township, Minnesota
People
- Agnieszka Holland, Polish film director.
- Clifford Milburn Holland, designer of the Holland Tunnel.
- Dexter Holland, singer and guitarist of the American punk band The Offspring.
- John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter
- John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter
- John Henry Holland, a pioneer in genetic algorithms.
- John Philip Holland, an American submarine designer.
- Jolie Holland, American singer and songwriter
- Jools Holland, British pianist.
- Margaret Holland, daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent.
- Sidney Holland, a Prime Minister of New Zealand.
- Wau Holland, computer hacker.
- The two sons of Oscar Wilde changed their last name to Holland after their fathers' conviction for sodomy:
- Cyril Holland
- Vyvyan Holland
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10-26-2009 08:16:03
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