Hollis
Proper noun
Meaning
A town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.
A town in York County, Maine, United States.
An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
A neighbourhood of Queens, New York, United States.
An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri, United States.
Hollis (plural Hollises)
A surname.
A census-designated place in Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States.
An unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States.
A city, the county seat of Harmon County, Oklahoma, United States.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
The moment Colin sat down, Hollis asked Hassan, "Would you like to say grace?" "Sure thing." Hassan cleared his throat. "Bismallah." Then he picked up his fork. "That's it?" Hollis wondered. "That's it. We are a terse people. Terse, and also hungry."
A. C. Hollis: The Masai. p. 312, fn. 2. * Among the Irigwe of Northern Nigeria, women have traditionally acquired numerous spouses called "co-husbands."
Hollis Mason - the original Nite Owl - theorized in his book that Hooded Justice had been Rolf Müller, a German circus strongman whose body eventually washed up on the Boston shore years later.
Hollis (1900), p. 188. Marblehead and blockade Bainbridge determined that Constitution required new spar deck planking and beams, masts, sails, and rigging, and replacement of her copper bottom.
Hollis (1900), p. 115. On the 12th, a collision with President severely damaged Constitution s bow, stern, and figurehead of Hercules.
Biographer Hollis Alpert reports that "there is no record of his ever having attended a class".