New Holland

English

Etymology

(sense 1) Coined in 1644 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman as Nieuw Holland.
(sense 2) Uncertain, Parts of Holland was in the south of Lincolnshire.

Proper noun

New Holland

(obsolete) The continent and the country of Australia.
- 1787, Chart of New Holland, published by J. Stockdale, London
A village, a civil parish and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823).

Synonyms

Australia
Terra Australis (obsolete)

Translations

obsolete: Australia

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} Niew Hollandt
Estonian: Uus-Holland
French: ^{(please verify)} Nouvelle Hollande
German: Neuholland
Hawaiian: Nuhōlani
Latin: Nova Hollandia
Rarotongan: Nū ‘Ōrani
Serbo-Croatian: Nova Nizozemska f

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