New Holland

proper noun

The continent and the country of Australia.

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AustraliaTerra AustralisDutch Brazil
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteThe continent and the country of Australia.

    1787, Chart of New Holland, published by J. Stockdale, London https://web.archive.org/web/20060107065752/http://www.nla.gov.au/rmaps/nk1586.html

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    Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown.

    1952 November, “The Western Australian Government Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 760

    Synonyms: Australia, Terra Australis

  2. A village, civil parish, and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823).
  3. A settlement in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Hall County, Georgia.
    2. A village in Logan County, Illinois.
    3. A village in Fayette County and Pickaway County, Ohio.
    4. A community in Hyde County, North Carolina.
    5. A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    6. A census-designated place in Douglas County, South Dakota.
  5. historicalSynonym of Dutch Brazil.

    Synonyms: Dutch Brazil

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe continent and the country of Australia.

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AustraliaTerra Australis

proper nounSynonym of Dutch Brazil.

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Dutch Brazil
Also see
australiadutch brazil

Origin

(sense 1) Coined in 1644 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman as Nieuw Holland. (sense 2) Uncertain, Parts of Holland was in the south of Lincolnshire.

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Translations

Dutch Nieuw-Holland
  • Nieuw-Hollandobsolete: Australia
Estonian Uus-Holland
  • Uus-Hollandobsolete: Australia
French Nouvelle-Hollande
  • Nouvelle-Hollandeobsolete: Australia
German Neuholland
  • Neuhollandobsolete: Australia
Hawaiian Nuhōlani
  • Nuhōlaniobsolete: Australia
Japanese ニューホランド
  • ニューホランド (Nyū horando)obsolete: Australia
Latin Nova Hollandia
  • Nova Hollandiaobsolete: Australia
Spanish Nueva Holanda
  • Nueva Holandaobsolete: Australia
Cite this entry
APA

New Holland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Holland

MLA

“New Holland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Holland. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Holland,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Holland.

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