How did Hollywood get its name?

Answer 1

Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles,
California, U.S.A., situated west-northwest of Downtown. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym for the American film and television industry.In 1853, one adobe hut stood on the site that became Hollywood. By 1870, an agricultural community flourished in the area with thriving crops. In the 1880s, Harvey Henderson Wilcox of Kansas, who made a fortune in real estate even though he had lost the use of his legs due to typhoid fever, and his wife, Daeida, moved to Los Angeles from Topeka. In 1886, Wilcox bought 160 acres (0.6 km²) of land in the countryside to the west of the city at the foothills and the Cahuenga Pass.

A locally popular etymology is that the name Hollywood traces to the ample stands of native Toyon, or "California Holly," that cover the hillsides with clusters of bright red berries each winter. But this and accounts of the name coming from imported English holly then growing in the area are incorrect. There is some disagreement as to who was the first to name the place Hollywood. One account credits Mrs. Wilcox -- that while on a train she became acquainted with a wealthy lady who often spoke of her country home named Hollywood, and when she returned to Los Angles she so named her country place. Another account says that the name in fact was coined by H.J. Whitley, the Father of Hollywood. He and his wife Gigi came up with the name in 1886 while on their honeymoon.

Answer 2

Marilyn Monroe Audrey Hepburn Katherine Hepburn Grace Kelly Ingrid Bergman Lana Turner Bridgette Bardot Gloria Grahame Josephine Baker Elizabeth Taylor Sophia Loren Jane Russell Jayne Mansfield Mae West Judy Garland (née Frances Ethel Gumm) (different common names in the course of the time: Barbara, Ida, Betty, Dorothy, Doris, Mary, Debbie/Deborah)

Answer 3

Hollywood was a town and before that it was an area known as Hollywood(wooded area were Holly trees were growing).

Movie studios were built there later.

Answer 4

From a developer who named his new housing development "Hollywoodland". The famous Hollywood sign orignally said "Hollywoodland" but was eventually shortened to just Hollywood.

Answer 5

Due to its familiarty in its place and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym for the American film and television industry. Thus it got its name. I found lot of english movie news at http://english.galatta.com/entertainment/livewire/english/livewire.asp

Answer 6

A real estate developer's wife came up with the name, when he was trying to build the area into a new development for midwesterners who wanted to "winter" in California.

Answer 7

how did you get your name..?

Answer 8

hi krithika,
i m really sorry pa.i don't know but shall we see???

Answer 9

sorry no idea