HOLM

TileHead’s Word of the Day for 14 June 2011

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HOLM  (n. pl. - S)

Definition(s):

1. (n.) a small island in a river or lake, usually near the mainland
2. (n.) low flat land near a river

Useful information for game players:

• Front hooks: (none)
• Back hooks: -S
• Anagrams: (none)
• Longer extensions: -IC, -IUM, -IUMS
• Wraparounds: (none)
• Other Spellings: (none)
• Related Forms: (none)

Epilogue:
This word derives from the Old Norse holmr (“small island”).  It is rarely encountered on its own, but it is used in a lot of European place names, most famously in Stockholm in Sweden, as well as in many places in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom.  The element HOLMIUM (symbol Ho, atomic number 67) also deserves mention here, since it was so called in honor of the latinized name of Stockholm (Holmia), the home town of one of its discoverers.


This week’s theme: Words starting with the letter H

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