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Holmes
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holmes
English
Etymology
From en holme, variant of en holm islet.
Pronunciation
en GA
en /hoʊmz/
en /hoʊlmz/ spelling pronunciation
en RP
en /həʊmz/
en /həʊlmz/ spelling pronunciation
The fictional detective is pronounced /hoʊmz/
en oʊmz əʊmz oʊlmz əʊlmz 1
Proper noun
en northern English Middle English, variant of Holme.
en Clare Duffy;Hadas Gold Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to let her out of prison early w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/tech/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trump-commute-sentence 2026-01-21 Last year, a US appeals court upheld the convictions of Holmes and Theranos President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani. It also upheld the $452 million in restitution that Holmes and Balwani were ordered to pay to victims. https://web.archive.org/web/20260123041255/https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/tech/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trump-commute-sentence
A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald.
Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective.
en by extension Someone acting like, or showing the ability, of Sherlock Holmes.
en rare en male surnames.
en hamlet par/Tarleton dist/West Lancashire co/Lancashire cc/England OS grid ref SD4319.
en suburb town/Rotherham co/South Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SK4192. Ward map (Rotherham: zoom in)
en suburb city/Darwin terr/Northern Territory c/Australia.
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm co/Humboldt County s/California.
en ucomm co/Wright County s/Iowa.
en ucomm co/Adair County s/Kentucky.
en twp co/Menominee County s/Michigan.
en hamlet town:pref/Pawling co/Dutchess County s/New York. TopoZone: Holmes, New York
en twp co/Crawford County s/Ohio.
en ucomm co/Delaware County s/Pennsylvania.
Derived terms
en Holmes County Holmes light Holmes rebound phenomenon Holmes-Rahe scale Holmesian Holmesiana Holmesish Holmesy Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome
See also
en Holmes Chapel
References
Anagrams
en ehlmos mohels
en Fictional characters Sherlock Holmes
German
Pronunciation
de De-Holmes.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
de noun form m
de Holm gen s