Holm (island)

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There are numerous islands containing the word holm, mainly in northern Europe. In many cases the name is derived from the Old Norse holmr, meaning "a small and rounded islet". These include:

Denmark

Germany

  • Dänholm
  • Holm in Flensburg
  • Holm in Schleswig

Greenland

  • Holm Ø

Ireland

  • Holmpatrick (the original name for the town of Skerries, and one of its islands, in North Dublin)

Sweden

  • Stockholm (originally the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm)
  • Djursholm (suburb of Stockholm)
  • Tureholm
  • There are hundreds of islets in the Stockholm archipelago containing the word "holm"

United Kingdom

England

  • Holm Island in the River Thames
  • Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel
  • Portholme in the River Great Ouse
  • Holme-next-the-Sea in Norfolk

Northern Ireland

  • Ballynahinch, County Down (from Irish Baile na hInse 'town of the holm')

Orkney, Scotland

Shetland, Scotland

Skye, Scotland

South Georgia

Wales

Variant forms

Faroe Islands

Iceland

France, Normandy

Insular Normandy

Bailiwick of Guernsey

  • Off Guernsey
    • Les Houmets including - Houmet Benest/Benet, Houmet Paradis & Houmet Hommetol (Omptolle).
  • Off Herm
    • Le Plat Houmet

Bailiwick of Jersey

  • Le Plat Hommet
  • Le Hommet du Ouaisné
  • Les Hommets

See also

References

  • Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh. Canongate. ISBN 1-84195-454-3
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