Holt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Holts
Etymology: English, Dutch, north German, Norwegian and Danish surname, all from the noun holt (“copse, woodland”).
Senses: glosses: A surname An English and north-west European topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood.
glosses: 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).
glosses: A placename
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A suburb of the town of Hook, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7354).
glosses: A placename
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A market town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0738).
glosses: A placename
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A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8662).
glosses: A placename
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A village and civil parish in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8262).
glosses: A placename
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A village and community in Wrexham borough county borough, Wales, on the River Dee, the border with England (OS grid SJ4153).
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community in San Joaquin County, California.
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community in Okaloosa County, Florida.
glosses: A placename
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A township in Taylor County, Iowa.
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ingham County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename
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A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
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A minor city in Marshall County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
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A township in Marshall County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
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A minor city in Clay County and Clinton County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename
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A township in Gage County, Nebraska.
glosses: A placename
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A former township in Adams County, North Dakota, now part of Central Adams, North Dakota.
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename
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An unincorporated community in the town of Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename
A village in East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A municipality in Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
glosses: A placename
A hamlet in Overijssel, Netherlands; see Dutch Holt.
glosses: A placename
A village in Tvedestrand municipality, Agder, Norway.
glosses: A placename
A village in Letea Veche, Bacău County, Romania.
glosses: A placename
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after PM Harold Holt.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Holt County.
Derived terms: Harold Holt
Harry Holt
Holt County
Related terms: Holte