Holan
English
editEtymology 1
editTwo possible origins:
- Borrowed from Czech Holan, Holaň, Holáň, all nicknames from holy (“naked, bare”).
- Borrowed from Norwegian Holan, habitational surname from several minor places, ultimately from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”).
Proper noun
editHolan (plural Holans)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Holan is the 40672nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 537 individuals. Holan is most common among White (96.09%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Holan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191.
Etymology 2
editFrom Mandarin 賀蘭 / 贺兰 (Hèlán), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-lan².
Proper noun
editHolan
- Alternative form of Helan
- 1956 October, Ai-ching Tan, “Settlers 'Go West'”, in China Reconstructs[1], volume V, number 10, Peking: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 15:
- Yin Hung-tu, (left) deputy head of Holan county, Kansu province, comes to visit Ching Yu-kun’s (right) new home. The latter has just come from Peking.
- 1971, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Weekly supplement 3[2], British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →OCLC, page 17:
- The important experience accumulated by the Party organizations of (Weishui) production brigade in Kuyuan County, (Hsinchu) brigade in Holan County , and (Kulu) brigade in Haiyuan County in earnestly grasping revolution in education, establishing political evening schools and rural schools, raising the consciousness of revolution in education among commune members and the peasant masses, deeping the mass movement of learning from Tachai and in increasing grain production, eloquently proves that instead of hindering production, grasping education can indeed stimulate production.
- 1972 January 5 [1971 December 23], “Ningsia Begins Winter Water Conservancy Projects”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China[3], volume I, number 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page H 7[4]:
- Before opening two large drainage ditches, Yinchuan municipality and Holan County repeatedly mobilized the masses to discuss questions concerning the planning, location, and benefits of the projects, and concentrated the correct ideas.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Holan.
Anagrams
editCzech
editEtymology
editFrom holý.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHolan m anim (female equivalent Holanová)
- a male surname
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Holan”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
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