Holt
See also: holt
English edit
Etymology edit
English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).
Proper noun edit
Holt (countable and uncountable, plural Holts)
- A surname An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood.
- A placename
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in East Dorset district (OS grid ref SU0203). [1]
- A suburb of the town of Hook, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7354). [2]
- A market town in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0738). [3]
- A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8662). [4]
- A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8262). [5]
- A village and community in Wrexham county borough, Wales, on the River Dee, the border with England (OS grid SJ4153). [6]
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.
- A township in Taylor County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ingham County, Michigan.
- A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Marshall County, Minnesota.
- A township in Marshall County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Clay County and Clinton County, Missouri.
- A township in Gage County, Nebraska.
- A former township in Adams County, North Dakota, now part of Central Adams, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A village in East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
- A municipality in Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- A hamlet in Overijssel, Netherlands; see Dutch Holt.
- A village in Tvedestrand municipality, Agder, Norway.
- A village in Letea Veche, Bacău county, Romania.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after PM Harold Holt.
- Ellipsis of Holt County.
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
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Danish edit
Proper noun edit
Holt
- a surname from English.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as 't Hold in 1867. Derived from holt (“rising deciduous forest”).
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Proper noun edit
Holt n
- A hamlet in Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German holt, from Old Saxon holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt, from Proto-Germanic *hultą, whence also Old English holt, Old Norse holt and German Holz.
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Noun edit
Holt m
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) wood (material)
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) a particular kind of wood
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) a piece of wood, usually small
- (in many dialects, including Low Prussian) grove; woods; small forest
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German holt, from Old Saxon holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt.
Noun edit
Holt n (plural Helta)
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian holt, from Proto-West Germanic *holt. Cognates include German Holz and West Frisian hout.
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Noun edit
Holt n (plural [please provide])