Holstein

== English == === Etymology 1 === From a tribe which inhabited the area, the Holsten / Holtsaten. The name is equivalent to German Holz (“wood”) + Sassen (“inhabitant”), German Low German Holt (“wood”) + Saten (“inhabitant”). ==== Proper noun ==== Holstein A geographic region and former duchy between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Synonym: Holsatia 1880, Nassau William, senior, Conversations with distinguished persons during the Second Empire, volume 1, page 206: Schleswig refuses to be separated from Holstein. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Holstein on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From the animals' region of origin: the horses came from Schleswig-Holstein, the cows came from the area of Frisia and Holstein. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒlʃtaɪn/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊlstaɪn/, /ˈhoʊlstin/ Hyphenation: Hol‧stein ==== Noun ==== Holstein (plural Holsteins) A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white. Synonym: Friesian 2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.5, at p.117: At the height of things, Bride Lake Farms had milked a herd of sixty-five registered Holsteins. Every other day, the Hood Dairy truck would pull up, pump nine thousand pounds of raw milk out of the tank, and drive it off for processing. A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping. Synonym: Holsteiner === Etymology 3 === ==== Proper noun ==== Holstein (plural Holsteins) A surname. ===== Derived terms ===== Holstein-Lewis fracture Holstein-Primakoff transformation === Anagrams === Holstine, hot lines, hotlines, neoliths