Meanings
proper noun
- A tidal river, the estuary of the rivers Rhine and Maas (or Meuse) in the southern Netherlands.
On the section between Dordrecht and Lage Zwaluwe, where some of the worst damage occurred, this line crosses the mile-long Moerdijk Bridge over the Hollands Diep, which was temporarily restored after having been wrecked during the war.
1953 April, “Devastation in Holland”, in Railway Magazine, pages 217-218
Origin
Previously spelt Hollandsch or Hollandsche Diep.
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