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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 Rotterdam
Familiarity information: HOEK VAN HOLLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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