noun

• The region between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
• A breed of dairy cattle, distinctively colored in splotches of black and white.
• A breed of horse, thought to be the oldest of the warmblood breeds, used in show jumping.
• A surname.
• (rare) Alternative letter-case form of Holstein (“breed of cattle”). [The region between the rivers Elbe and Eider, to the south of Schleswig, part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.]