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holden
/ˈhoʊldən/
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What does holden mean?
noun
- A brand of car (automobile) originating in Australia.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
More meanings (15)
proper noun
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
- A lake in Lierne, Trøndelag, Norway.
- A lake in Steinkjer, Trøndelag, Norway.
- An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A township in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
- A city in Johnson County, Missouri.
- An unorganized territory in Adams County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Auglaize County and Hardin County, Ohio.
- A town in Millard County, Utah.
- A census-designated place in Logan County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated town in Vermont.
- A hamlet in Bolton-by-Bowland parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7749).
verb
- (archaic) past participle of hold
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhoʊldən/
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See this word in context.
My friends in Holden opposed this because of the difference in our ages and of his large family.
I summon your grace to his majesty’s parliament, Holden at Bury the first of this next month.
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He came to her relief with a fixed despair of himself which made the interview unlike any other that could have been holden.
In your letter to Holden you are pleased to observe "that of all the blackguards you ever met with I am the greatest."
Mr. Holden also finds that the glyph standing for this god occurs several times in the tables of hieroglyphics belonging to this figure.