ホラント

ホラント

Japanese

ホラント (Horanto): the province of Holland within the Netherlands.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Holland.[1][2][3][4][5]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɾã̠nto̞]

Proper noun

ホラント • (Horanto) 

1. Holland (a region of the Netherlands)

Usage notes

Unlike the English term Holland, which is sometimes used to refer to the whole country of the Netherlands, the Japanese term ホラント (Horanto) is used to refer only to the province of Holland within the Netherlands. To refer to the country, the term オランダ (Oranda) is used instead.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ホラント王国(おうこく) (Horanto Ōkoku, “Kingdom of Holland”)
• 北(きた)ホラント (Kita Horanto); ノルトホラント (Noruto Horanto, “North Holland”)
• 南(みなみ)ホラント (Minami Horanto); ゾイトホラント (Zoito Horanto, “South Holland”)

See also

• オランダ (Oranda, “Netherlands”)
• ホランド (Horando)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
3. “ホラント”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
4. “ホラント”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
5. “ホラント”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998