holm
Pronunciation: /həʊm/
The English word “holm” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- Small island, islet.
- An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
- 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.
- Rich flat land near a river, prone to flooding.
- Common holly (Ilex aquifolium).
- A holm oak (Quercus ilex), a common evergreen oak of Europe.
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,…
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