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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit](Hollywood, L.A., CA, USA): Coined by real estate developer H. J. Whitley, from holly wood.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: hŏlʹ-ē-wo͝od, IPA(key): /ˈhɒl.i.wʊd/
- (US) [ˈhɑɫ.i.wʊd]
- (UK) [ˈhɒɫ.i.wʊd]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: Hol‧ly‧wood
- Rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Proper noun
[edit]Hollywood (countable and uncountable, plural Hollywoods)
- An area in Los Angeles, California, 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.
- Other places in the United States:
- A town in Jackson County, Alabama.
- A neighbourhood and historic district in Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- A city in Broward County, Florida.
- An unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, named for a large holly tree.
- An unincorporated community and township in Carver County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
- A neighbourhood of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
- A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
- A neighbourhood of Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Charleston County, South Carolina.
- A neighbourhood in north Memphis, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Appomattox County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia.
- Former name of MacArthur, West Virginia.
- A village in west County Wicklow, Ireland.
- A village in Wythall parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0877).
- A nickname for someone involved with the film industry or celebrity culture.
- A surname
Synonyms
[edit]Hollywood, L.A., Calif., U.S.A.
- Hollywoodland (historical)
U.S. film industry
- Hollywoodland (historical)
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- Bollywood (for more similarly formed names, see Category:en:Film industries)
- Hezbollywood
- Hollywoke
- Hollywood accounting
- Hollywood bed
- Hollywood bookkeeping
- Hollywood ending
- Hollywoodesque
- Hollywoodian
- Hollywoodish
- Hollywood moment
- Hollywood principle
- Hollywood wax
- Kannywood
- New Hollywood
- Nollywood
- Ollywood
- Pallywood
- Pedowood (derogatory)
- Urduwood (derogatory, India)
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]area of Los Angeles
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the American motion picture industry
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Adjective
[edit]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[1], 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[2], 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.
- 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."
Noun
[edit]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 […]
Verb
[edit]Hollywood (third-person singular simple present Hollywoods, present participle Hollywooding, simple past and past participle Hollywooded)
- To engage in Hollywooding (various senses).
See also
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hollywood ?
French
[edit]Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Hollywood ?
- the American film industry
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
German
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hollywood n (proper noun, genitive Hollywoods or (optionally with an article) Hollywood)
- Hollywood (an area in Los Angeles)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Hollywood
- Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles)
- Hollywood (the American motion picture industry)
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hollywood m
- Hollywood (an area in Los Angeles)
- Hollywood (the American motion picture industry)
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