holan

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5

Definition of holan

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname.
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name

  1. A surname.
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Helan.
    “Yin Hung-tu, (left) deputy head of Holan county, Kansu province, comes to visit Ching Yu-kun’s (right) new home. The latter has just come from Peking.”
    “Before opening two large drainage ditches, Yinchuan municipality and Holan County repeatedly mobilized the masses to discuss questions concerning the planning, location, and benefits of the projects, and concentrated the correct ideas.”

verb

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, invariable)Alternative form of hor lan.

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Etymology

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Czech Holan, Holaň, Holáň, all nicknames from holy (“naked, bare”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Holan, habitational surname from several minor places, ultimately from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”).

Anagrams of holan

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