Holden

See also: holden

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊldən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊldən/
• Homophone: holden
• Rhymes: -əʊldən

Proper noun

Holden

1. A surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC:

     ‘Holden!’ Mrs Spencer said. ‘How lovely to see you! Come in, dear! Are you frozen to death?’ I think she was glad to see me. She liked me. At least, I think she did.

3. A village in Alberta, Canada.
4. A lake in Lierne, Trøndelag, Norway.
5. A lake in Steinkjer, Trøndelag, Norway.
6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
   2. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   3. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   4. A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
   5. A city in Johnson County, Missouri.
   6. An unorganized territory in Adams County, North Dakota.
   7. An unincorporated community in Auglaize County and Hardin County, Ohio.
   8. A town in Millard County, Utah.
   9. A census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia.
   10. An unincorporated town in Vermont.
7. A hamlet in Bolton-by-Bowland parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7749).

Derived terms

• holdenite
• Holdenville

Noun

Holden (plural Holdens)

1. A brand of car (automobile) originating in Australia.

Anagrams

• held on, hondel, onheld