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Hol⋅ly⋅wood

  [hol-ee-wood]
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–noun
1. the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
2. a city in SE Florida, near Miami: seaside resort. 117,188.
Related forms:
Hol⋅ly⋅wood⋅ite, Hol⋅ly⋅wood⋅er, noun
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Hol·ly·wood 1   (hŏl'ē-wŏŏd')   

  1. A district of Los Angeles, California. Consolidated with Los Angeles in 1910, it has long been a film and entertainment center.

  2. A city of southeast Florida on the Atlantic Ocean north of Miami Beach. It is a resort and retirement community with varied light industries. Population: 146,000.

Hol·ly·wood 2   (hŏl'ē-wŏŏd')   
n.  

  1. The U.S. film industry.

  2. A flashy, vulgar atmosphere or tone, held to be associated with the U.S. film industry.

adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the U.S. film industry: a Hollywood movie; a Hollywood producer.

  2. Flashy and vulgar: their clothes were pure Hollywood.


[After Hollywood1, California.]
Hol'ly·wood'ish adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

Hollywood

District of Los Angeles.

Note: Center of the American film industry.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
Hollywood

  1. mod.
    having phony glitter. : Who is this Hollywood dame who just came in?
  2. n.
    a gaudily dressed person in sunglasses. (Also a term of address.) : Ask Hollywood over there to take off his shades and make himself known.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Hollywood 
region near Los Angeles, once a quiet farming community, by 1910 barns were being converted into movie studios. The name used generically for "American movies" from 1926, three years after the giant sign was set up, originally Hollywoodland, a real estate developer's promotion.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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