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Originally Posted by euromodder
Dutch immigrant region ?
Holle weg is the Dutch term for a hollow road.
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Redneck region, but thanks for the loftier assumption. Lots of Scottish settlers in this area back in the day, and some English.
I don't know the etymology of the word "hollow" and I'm a little too time constrained to dig into it, but all up and down the Appalachian range, to the best of my knowledge "hollow" has always meant a small valley, esp. a valley that comes to an end or pocket.
My wife says "holler" often fits because if you need to talk to your neighbors you can just lean out the door and yell across the valley to them. Hopefully that will never go away because "Pumpkin Skype Road" just doesn't have any poetry to it.