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Hollywood

[ hol-ee-woo d ]

/ ˈhɒl iˌwʊd /

noun

the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.

a city in SE Florida, near Miami: seaside resort.

OTHER WORDS FROM Hollywood

Hol·ly·wood·ite, Hol·ly·wood·er, noun

Example sentences from the Web for hollywood

ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?

Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds |Barbie Latza Nadeau |January 8, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
This is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.

Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ |Marlow Stern |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Because I was living with this story, I watched closely as Hollywood considered making a film about Selma.

Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’ |Gary May |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Afraid the Korean secret police would not believe his kidnapping story, Shin settled in Hollywood.

Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea |Rich Goldstein |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Are the standards for female beauty in Hollywood ridiculous?

Renée Zellweger Got a New Face—and Everyone Had An Opinion About It |Kevin O’Keeffe |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She's an old patient of mine, though she hasn't been in Hollywood for some time, I believe.

Linda Lee, Incorporated |Louis Joseph Vance
Tomorrow night we go to Rubio and you take the west-bound plane for Hollywood.

Janet Hardy in Hollywood |Ruthe S. Wheeler
The people of Belfast are proud of Hollywood, and they ought to be.

Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland |T. O. Russell
If Bezdek ever found out about this he'd be cooked as far as Hollywood went!

Reel Life Films |Samuel Kimball Merwin
It was very important that he and Dorwin be in perfect accord before they reached Hollywood.

Reel Life Films |Samuel Kimball Merwin

British Dictionary definitions for hollywood

Hollywood

/ (ˈhɒlɪˌwʊd) /

noun

a NW suburb of Los Angeles, California: centre of the American film industry. Pop: 167 664 (2000)

the American film industry
(as modifier)a Hollywood star

Cultural definitions for hollywood

Hollywood

District of Los Angeles.

notes for Hollywood

Center of the American film industry.