Hollywood
English
Etymology
Coined by real estate developer H. J. Whitley, from holly + wood. It refers to toyon, a common shrub in the area.
Pronunciation
- enPR: hŏlʹ-ē-wo͝od, IPA(key): /ˈhɒl.i.wʊd/
- (US) [ˈhɑɫ.i.wʊd]
- (UK) [ˈhɒɫ.i.wʊd]
Audio (Berkshire, UK)) (file)
- Hyphenation: Hol‧ly‧wood
- Rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Proper noun
Hollywood
- An area in Los Angeles, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.
- (metonymically) The American motion picture industry, regardless of location.
- 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
- Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
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- An unincorporatedcommunity in Habersham County, Georgia, United States.
- A village in Wythall parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0877).
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Bollywood (for more similarly formed names, see Category:en:Film industries)
- Dollywood
- Hezbollywood
- Hollywood ending
- Hollywoodesque
- Hollywoodian
- Hollywoodish
- Hollywood moment
- Hollywood principle
- Hollywood wax
- Kannywood
- Nollywood
- Ollywood
- Pallywood
- Pedowood (derogatory)
- Urduwood (derogatory, India)
Translations
area of Los Angeles
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the American motion picture industry
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Adjective
Hollywood (comparative more Hollywood, superlative most Hollywood)
- Resembling or relating to the Hollywood movie industry.
- 2002, Jon E. Lewis, Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry, pages 168-169:
- As many critics pointed out, the timely (but mostly tame and light) comedy was not too controversial, but too popular, too American, and too Hollywood to headline a festival that was scheduled to screen the likes of Robert Bresson's Un Feme Douce, Jean-Luc Godard's Le Gai Savior, Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's, Agnes Varda's Lion's Love, Paola Pier Pasolini's Pigpen, and Bo Widenberg's Adelen '31.
- 2007, Jason Isbell, "Dress Blues":
- What did they say when they shipped you away to fight somebody's Hollywood war?
- 2013, Marc Raymond, Hollywood's New Yorker: The Making of Martin Scorsese, page 68:
- The film is at once too Hollywood and too realistic. It is tied to genre conventions while stylistically following the new code of realism, especially with regard to mise-en-scène and performance.
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- Of or characteristic of a Hollywood film.
- 2002, Kirse Granat May, "Golden State, Golden Youth":
- A Time reporter called Reagan "Hollywood handsome and remarkably youthful in appearance", a candidate who had "rattled political seismographs from coast to coast."
- 2002, Kirse Granat May, "Golden State, Golden Youth":
Noun
Hollywood (plural Hollywoods)
- A waxing practice that removes all of the pubic hair, unlike a Brazilian which leaves a small strip behind.
- 2009, Shane Watson, How to Meet a Man After Forty and Other Midlife Dilemmas:
- If you ask the woman who does your waxing she will tell you that everyone is asking for Brazilians or Hollywoods, including Gwyneth Paltrow […]
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Verb
Hollywood (third-person singular simple present Hollywoods, present participle Hollywooding, simple past and past participle Hollywooded)
- (various) To perform an act of Hollywooding.
See also
- Holywood
- Hollyweird
- Hollywoke
Catalan
Proper noun
Hollywood ?
- Hollywood
French
Proper noun
Hollywood ?
- the American film industry
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔliwʊt/, /ˈhɔlivʊt/
Proper noun
Hollywood n (proper noun, genitive Hollywoods or (optionally with an article) Hollywood)
- Hollywood (an area in Los Angeles)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi/ [ˌhɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌʁɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi/ [ˌχɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁɔ.liˈwu.de/ [ˌhɔ.liˈwu.de]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈlju.d(ɨ)/ [ɔˈlju.ð(ɨ)]
Proper noun
Hollywood
- Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles)
- Hollywood (the American motion picture industry)
Spanish
Proper noun
Hollywood m
- Hollywood (an area in Los Angeles)
- Hollywood (the American motion picture industry)