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holly (plant)
Hollywood (city, California)
Hollywood (city, Florida)
holmium (element, metal)
Holocaust (historical event, Europe/Germany)
holography (in photography)
Holon (city, Israel)
Holstebro (city, Denmark)
Holstein (former duchy, Germany)
Holston (river, Tennessee)
Holy Alliance (treaty, Russia/Austria/Prussia)
Holy Cross, College of the (university, Massachusetts)
Holy Family (holy day)
Holy Island (island, England)
Holy League (organization, Italy)
Holy Roman Empire (politics, government, Europe)
Holy Sepulcher (structure, Jerusalem)
Holy Spirit (in Christianity)
holy water (in Christianity)
Holy Week (holy day)
Holyoke (city, Massachusetts)
Holyrood Palace (structure, Scotland)
home economics (in household)
Home Owners' Loan Corporation (agency, United States)
Home Rule (government, Ireland/England)
home schooling (education, United States)
homelessness (in sociology)
homeopathy (branch of medicine)
Homeric Hymns (poetry, literature, ancient Greece)
Homestead (city, Pennsylvania)
Homestead (city, FL)
Homestead Act (government, law, United States)
Homestead strike (historical event)
Homewood (city, Alabama)
Homewood (city, Illinois)
homicide (in law)
homily (in Christianity)
hominy (food)
Homo erectus (in anthropology)
homogenization (process, food)
homology (in biology)
homophony (in music)
homosexuality (in sociology, biology)
Homs (city, Syria)