Hollywood-Inspired Names
Hollywood-Inspired Names
Hollywood-Inspired Names
Hollywood is such an iconic name that various other locations associated with the film industry... are nicknamed with Hollywood-inspired names. Most starting with the first letter(s) of the location and ending in the letters "-ollywood", "-wood" or beginning with "Holly-".
For example:
Bollywood: The Mumbai based film industry in India.
Feel free to add to the list one at a time with other locations of cities, theme-parks... that have been inspired by Hollywood. Also, feel free to make up some new ones of your own, but please explain them, if necessary.
Hollywood is such an iconic name that various other locations associated with the film industry... are nicknamed with Hollywood-inspired names. Most starting with the first letter(s) of the location and ending in the letters "-ollywood", "-wood" or beginning with "Holly-".
For example:
Bollywood: The Mumbai based film industry in India.
Feel free to add to the list one at a time with other locations of cities, theme-parks... that have been inspired by Hollywood. Also, feel free to make up some new ones of your own, but please explain them, if necessary.
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Bollywood: The Mumbai based film industry in India.
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G-man;1177185 wrote: Bollywood: The Mumbai based film industry in India.
Don't forget to tell us its a mixture of the names Bombay and Hollywood. :wah:
Holly Johnson (his real name actually is William Holly Johnson) lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. :-6
Don't forget to tell us its a mixture of the names Bombay and Hollywood. :wah:
Holly Johnson (his real name actually is William Holly Johnson) lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. :-6
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Rapunzel;1177199 wrote: Don't forget to tell us its a mixture of the names Bombay and Hollywood. :wah:
Holly Johnson (his real name actually is William Holly Johnson) lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. :-6
Oops! You're right... Mumbai used to be called Bombay. That's where the B came from. :p
Holly Johnson (his real name actually is William Holly Johnson) lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. :-6
Oops! You're right... Mumbai used to be called Bombay. That's where the B came from. :p
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Dollywood....theme park of Dolly Parton;)
Dolly Parton's Great Smoky Mountain Family Amusement Park
Dolly Parton's Great Smoky Mountain Family Amusement Park
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I've been there, too!
Hollywood Park... that's a park in Victoria, British Columbia. There are lots of those throughout the world.
Hollywood Park... that's a park in Victoria, British Columbia. There are lots of those throughout the world.
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there's a Hollywood Avenue in my borough but nothing to write home about.
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Hollyrood, Edinburgh
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Follywood, AKA The Whitehouse.
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Chinawood is a nickname for the Hengdian World Studio, the largest filmstudio in China.
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Pinewood, name given because of the pine trees surrounding it. Is located in Buckinghamshire, England
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I have a friend named Henry Wood, does this count?:yh_rotfl
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Chezzie;1263698 wrote: Pinewood, name given because of the pine trees surrounding it. Is located in Buckinghamshire, England
Good one! I've been there, too.
Good one! I've been there, too.
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Halewood, Merseyside
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Wellywood refers to Peter Jackson's film studio located in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Chezzie;1263843 wrote: Wellywood refers to Peter Jackson's film studio located in Wellington, New Zealand.
I was checking to see if South Korea had such a place... there are a LOT of great films coming out of Korea lately!
I was checking to see if South Korea had such a place... there are a LOT of great films coming out of Korea lately!
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Dhaliwood refers to the Bangladeshi film industry, based in the city of Dhaka.
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Natalie Wood
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Skylark;1264129 wrote: Natalie Wood
Hollywood shoulda' been renamed after her. :p
Hollywood shoulda' been renamed after her. :p
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Borehamwood (a town in southern Hertfordshire, situated 16 miles (26 km) north of London)
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Ollywood refers to the Bhubaneswar and Cuttack based Odia film industry in India.
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Kingswood (Buckinghamshire)
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Hollytree Road, Liverpool 25 where my cousin lived.
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Chollywood refers to the Peruvian film industry. It is also spelled "Choliwood."