Holm Definition
hōm, hōlm
noun
A small island in a river or lake, near the mainland or a larger island.
Webster's New World
Low, flat land by a river or stream; bottoms.
Webster's New World
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Webster's New World
A common evergreen oak, of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.
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Other Word Forms of Holm
Noun
Singular:
holm
Plural:
holmsOrigin of Holm
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From Old Norse holmi, holmr (“islet”), from the Proto-Germanic *hulmaz, from Proto-Indo-European root *kel (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent; hill”). Cognate with Old English holm (“sea, ocean, wave”), Old Saxon holm, Old Danish hulm, Middle Low German holm, German Holm, Middle Dutch holm, Swedish holme,
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Middle English from Old Norse hōlmr kel-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Alteration of hollin.
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