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HOEK VAN HOLLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hoek van Holland mean? 

HOEK VAN HOLLAND (noun)
  The noun HOEK VAN HOLLAND has 1 sense:

1. a cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdamplay

  Familiarity information: HOEK VAN HOLLAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOEK VAN HOLLAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A cape on the southwestern coast of the Netherlands near Rotterdam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Hoek van Holland; Hook of Holland

Instance hypernyms:

cape; ness (a strip of land projecting into a body of water)

Holonyms ("Hoek van Holland" is a part of...):

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)


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