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1) "Holland" -- As to holland tulips hol·land
Pronunciation: 'hä-l&nd
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Middle English holand, from Holand, county in the Netherlands, from Middle Dutch Holland
: a cotton or linen fabric in plain weave usually heavily sized or glazed and used for window shades, bookbinding, and clothing Pronunciation Symbols
Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands with 6,07 million inhabitants. Holland is a former county of the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by the Count of Holland and later the dominant province of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provinciën, 1581–1795). North and South Holland shown together within the Netherlands North Holland and South Holland lie along the western coast of the Netherlands. - 1 Geography
- 2 History
- 2.1 County of Holland
- 2.2 After 1795
- 3 External links
| The name Holland is derived from holtland ("wooded land"). Popular, but incorrect, etymology holds that it is derived from hol land ("hollow land"), inspired by the low-lying geography of both the Dutch Holland and the English region (Holland, Lincolnshire). Apart from coastal dunes most of the surface consists of polder landscape, lying well below sea-level and only kept from flooding by continuous drainage, for which in earlier centuries the typical Dutch windmills were used. In recent millennia the geography of the region has been extremely dynamic with the western coastline shifting up to thirty kilometres to the east, the Frisian Isles becoming detached from the north of Holland and the main Rhine and Maas rivers changing their course repeatedly and dramatically. In the last thousand years this process has been complicated by human activities. Behind the row of coastal dunes a large and high peat plateau had grown, protecting the land against the sea. In the tenth century this area was brought under cultivation; the drainage had extreme soil shrinkage as result, lowering the surface up to fifteen metres. In Zealand and Frisia this led to catastrophic storm floods literally washing away entire regions and the sea hollowed Holland out from behind, forming the Zuiderzee. Only drastic administrative interven..."
2) "Tulips" -- As to holland tulips tu·lip
Pronunciation: 'tü-l&p, 'tyü-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin tulipa, from Turkish tülbent turban -- more at TURBAN
: any of a genus (Tulipa) of Eurasian bulbous herbs of the lily family that have linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and are widely grown for their showy flowers; also : the flower or bulb of a tulip Pronunciation Symbols
| Tulip |
| | Scientific classification | | Kingdom: | Plantae
| | Class: | Lilliopsida
| | Order: | Liliales
| | Family: | Liliaceae
| | Genus: | Tulipa
| | | Species | | See text | Tulip (Tulipa) is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. Its specias are native to southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran (where the flower is suggested on the nation's flag) from east to northeast of China and Japan. The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan. They are perennial bulbous plants growing to 10–70 centimetres (4–27 in) tall, with a small number of strap-shaped, waxy-textured, usually glaucous green leaves and large flowers with six petals. The fruit is a dry capsule containing numerous flat disc-shaped seeds. - 1 Cultivation
- 1.1 Introduction to Western Europe
- 2 Selected species
- 3 S..."
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