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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gin \Gin\ (j[i^]n), noun [Contr. from Geneva. See 2d {Geneva}.] A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called {Hollands} and {Holland gin}, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hollands \Hol"lands\, noun
1. Gin made in Holland.
2. pl. See {Holland}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Hollands
noun: made in the Netherlands [syn: {geneva}, {Holland gin}]
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