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Hollywood

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English

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Etymology

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The name of the neighbourhood in Los Angeles (proper noun sense 1) was coined by real estate developer H. J. Whitley, from holly +‎ wood. By metonymy, it became the name of the industry, and eventually also a name for decadence.

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Hollywood (countable and uncountable, plural Hollywoods)

  2. A neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.
    Synonym: (historical) Hollywoodland
    • 1924, Marilynn Conners, “That Fascinating Hollywood”, in What Chance Have I in Hollywood? Intimate Information Concerning the Movie Capital of the World‎[1], Famous Authors Imprint, page 15:
      An automobile leaving Los Angeles and going westward over the splendid boulevard called "Sunset"—one of the main arteries of travel in the southwest—and a little northerly, will soon arrive at the sea-coast, or, in other words, at the beach resorts of Los Angeles. The district passed over in going to these beaches has been named Hollywood. It is a part of Los Angeles. The community, grown like a mushroom, now holds one hundred thousand souls, ten thousand of which are directly interested in the motion picture business. The main thoroughfare in Hollywood is called Hollywood Boulevard. It is a comparatively short street, branching off from Sunset Boulevard and running thereafter two blocks from Sunset and parallel to it. At the intersection of Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards still stands, though it is about to be obliterated owing to a recent fire, a wooden building, not large and not spacious, labelled with the title, Chester A. Bennett Studios,—a building that has some history attached to it, since it was originally the home of David Wark Griffith's activities, among the earliest in recent Hollywood history.
  4. (metonymic) The American motion picture industry, regardless of location.
    Synonym: (historical) Hollywoodland
    • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist‎[2], volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 12 March 2023, 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.
    • 2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC‎[3], archived from the original on 25 July 2025:
      Thinly-veiled homophobia – this time in early-2000s Hollywood – made Brokeback Mountain an immense challenge for Ossana and her fellow producer James Schamus.
  5. Other places in the United States:
    1. A town in Jackson County, Alabama.
    2. A neighborhood and historic district in Homewood, Jefferson County, Alabama.
    3. A city in Broward County, Florida.
      • 2020 January 7, Rebecca Wallwork, “Which South Florida airport should I fly into?”, in CNN‎[4], archived from the original on 17 March 2026:
        FLL is located between Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood.
    4. An unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia.
    5. An unincorporated community in St. Mary's County, Maryland, named for a large holly tree.
    6. An unincorporated community and township in Carver County, Minnesota.
    7. An unincorporated community in Tunica County, Mississippi.
    8. An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
    9. A neighborhood of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    10. A neighborhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
    11. A neighborhood of Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
    12. An unincorporated community in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
    13. A town in Charleston County, South Carolina.
    14. A neighborhood in north Memphis, Tennessee.
    15. An unincorporated community in Appomattox County, Virginia.
    16. An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
    17. An unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia.
    18. Former name of MacArthur, West Virginia.
  6. A village in west County Wicklow, Ireland.
  7. A village in Wythall parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0877).
  8. A barangay of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Alingarog, Bagua, Banaag, Banahao, Baras, Barbo, Bitaugan, Bucao, Buenavista, Bungtod, Cagdara-o, Cagusu-an, Camparang, Campoyong, Canawayon, Cantahay, Casuguran, Cogon, Culasi, Dalaragan, Gahoy, Habag, Hagna, Hamorawon, Hollywood, Inapulangan, Lupok, Mayana, Ngolos, Pagbabangnan, Pagnamitan, Poblacion Ward 1, Poblacion Ward 10, Poblacion Ward 11, Poblacion Ward 12, Poblacion Ward 2, Poblacion Ward 3, Poblacion Ward 4, Poblacion Ward 4-A, Poblacion Ward 5, Poblacion Ward 6, Poblacion Ward 7, Poblacion Ward 8, Poblacion Ward 9, Poblacion Ward 9-A, Salug, San Antonio, San Jose, San Juan, San Pedro, Santo Niño, Sapao, Sulangan, Suluan, Surok, Tagporo, Taytay, Timala, Trinidad, Victory Island — barangays of Guiuan
  9. A nickname for someone involved with the film industry or celebrity culture.
  10. A surname

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Adjective

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Hollywood (comparative more Hollywood, superlative most Hollywood)

  1. 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[5], 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[6], 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.
  2. 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

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Hollywood (plural Hollywoods)

  1. 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

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Hollywood (third-person singular simple present Hollywoods, present participle Hollywooding, simple past and past participle Hollywooded)

  1. To engage in Hollywooding (various senses).

See also

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Catalan

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Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.

Proper noun

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Hollywood ?

  1. Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry)

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.

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    Hollywood ?

    1. Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry)
    2. (metonymic) Hollywood (the American motion picture industry, regardless of location)
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    German

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    German Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia de

    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.

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    Hollywood n (proper noun, genitive Hollywoods or (optionally with an article) Hollywood)

    1. Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry)
    2. (metonymic) Hollywood (the American motion picture industry, regardless of location)

    Italian

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    Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia it

    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.

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    Hollywood f

    1. Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry)
    2. (metonymic) Hollywood (the American motion picture industry, regardless of location)
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    References

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    1. ^ Hollywood in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
    2. ^ Hollywood in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

    Portuguese

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁɔ.liˈu.d͡ʒi/ [ˌhɔ.lɪˈu.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁɔˈlju.d͡ʒi/ [ˌhɔˈlju.d͡ʒi], (careful pronunciation) /ˌʁɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi/ [ˌhɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi]
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌʁɔ.liˈu.d͡ʒi/ [ˌχɔ.lɪˈu.d͡ʒi], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁɔˈlju.d͡ʒi/ [ˌχɔˈlju.d͡ʒi], (careful pronunciation) /ˌʁɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi/ [ˌχɔ.liˈwu.d͡ʒi]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁɔ.liˈu.de/ [ˌhɔ.lɪˈu.de], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʁɔˈlju.de/ [ˌhɔˈlju.de], (careful pronunciation) /ˌʁɔ.liˈwu.de/ [ˌhɔ.liˈwu.de]

    Proper noun

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    Hollywood f

    1. Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry)
    2. (metonymic) Hollywood (the American motion picture industry, regardless of location)
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    Spanish

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    Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English Hollywood.

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    Hollywood m

    1. Hollywood (a neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry)
    2. (metonymic) Hollywood (the American motion picture industry, regardless of location)
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