Hollywood

English

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Hollywood

1. An area of Los Angeles, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.
2. (by extension) The American motion picture industry, regardless of location.
   • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, 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.

Derived terms

• Bollywood
• Hollywood moment

Translations

area of Los Angeles

• Arabic: هوليوود m (holiwūd, holiwud)
• Armenian: Հոլիվուդ (Holivud)
• Belarusian: Галівуд m (Halivúd)
• Bengali: হলিউড (hôli'uḑ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 荷里活 (ho6 lei5 wut6)

  Mandarin: 好萊塢, 好莱坞 (zh) (Hǎoláiwù)

• Dutch: Hollywood
• Finnish: Hollywood
• French: Hollywood (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰოლივუდი (holivudi)
• German: Hollywood (de) n
• Greek: Χόλυγουντ n (Chólygount)

• Hebrew: הוליווד m (holivud)
• Hindi: हॉलीवुड (hŏlīvuḍ)
• Hungarian: Hollywood (hu)
• Japanese: ハリウッド (Hariuddo)
• Korean: 할리우드 (Halliudeu)
• Marathi: हॉलीवुड (hŏlīvuḍa)
• Nepali: हलिवुड (halivuḍ)
• Persian: هالیوود (fa) (Hâlivud)
• Portuguese: Hollywood m
• Russian: Голливуд m (Gollivúd)
• Spanish: Hollywood m
• Thai: ฮอลลีวูด (honleewôot)
• Ukrainian: Голлівуд m (Hollivúd)

the American motion picture industry

• Arabic: هوليوود m (holiwūd, holiwud)
• Armenian: Հոլիվուդ (Holivud)
• Belarusian: Галівуд m (Halivúd)
• Bengali: হলিউড (hôli'uḑ)
• Bulgarian: Холивуд m (Holivud)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好萊塢, 好莱坞 (zh) (Hǎoláiwù)

• Dutch: Hollywood
• Finnish: Hollywood
• French: Hollywood (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰოლივუდი (holivudi)
• German: Hollywood (de) n
• Greek: Χόλυγουντ n (Chólygount)
• Hebrew: הוליווד m (holivud)
• Hindi: हॉलीवुड (hŏlīvuḍ)
• Hungarian: Hollywood (hu)

• Japanese: ハリウッド (Hariuddo)
• Korean: 할리우드 (Halliudeu)
• Marathi: हॉलीवुड (hŏlīvuḍa)
• Nepali: हलिवुड (halivuḍ)
• Persian: هالیوود (fa) (Hâlivud)
• Portuguese: Hollywood f
• Russian: Голливуд m (Gollivúd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Холивуд m

  Roman: Hollywood m, Holivud m

• Spanish: Hollywood m
• Thai: ฮอลลีวูด (honleewôot)
• Ukrainian: Голлівуд m (Hollivúd)
• Urdu: ہالی ووڈ m (hālī vuḍ), ہالیووڈ m (hālīvuḍ), ہالی وڈ m (hālī vuḍ), ہالیوڈ m (hālīvuḍ)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Hollywood f

1. Hollywood (area of Los Angeles)
2. Hollywood (the American motion picture industry)