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hoek van holland

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Hoek van Hol⋅land

[hook vahn hawl-ahnt] .

Hook of Holland

–noun
a cape and the harbor it forms in the SW Netherlands.


Origin:
1785–95
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Hoek van Hol·land   (hōōk' vän hô'länt)   
See Hook of Holland.
Hook of Hol·land   (hŏŏk; hŏl'ənd)   
A cape and harbor of southwest Netherlands on the North Sea west of Rotterdam, for which it serves as a port.
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