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say it: HAH-lee-wuud
hollywood is a noun and adjective meaning "the film industry of the United States". It is pronounced /ˈhɑliˌwʊd/ — HAH-lee-wuud. It carries 5 recorded senses.
the film industry of the United States
a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry
“some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood”
a district of Los Angeles long associated with the American film industry
of or relating to the film industry in the United States
“a Hollywood actor”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hollywood come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.