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" or "-wood".

* Bollywood is the informal name given to the Mumbai (Bombay) based film industry in India.
* Bulawood is the name given to the Fiji film industry, Bula being a greeting in the Fijian language
* "Chinawood" is a nickname for the Hengdian World Studio, the largest filmstudio in China.
* Chollywood refers to the Peruvian film industry. It is also spelled "Choliwood."
* Dhaliwood refers to the Bangladeshi film industry, based in the city of Dhaka.
* Dollywood is an amusement park owned by Dolly Parton. It may also be used as an alternative spelling for "Dhaliwood".
* Etyekwood is the informal name given in the media to Hungary's new Korda Studios under construction in the wine-making village of Etyek near Budapest.
* Hollyhammar refers to the film industry in Hallstahammar, Sweden.
* Hollywood North refers to film and television production in Toronto and Vancouver and (more recently) throughout Canada.
* Kollywood is a name often applied to Tamil cinema, based in the Kodambakkam district of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India.
* Kollywood Nepal may also refer to the cinema of Nepal, the capital of which is Kathmandu.
* Lollywood refers to the Pakistani film industry, based in the city of Lahore.
* Mollywood may refer to the Malayalam film industry in India.
* Mollywood may also refer to the Mormon film industry.
* Nollywood is the Nigerian film industry.
* Pinewood, name given because of the pine trees surrounding it. Is located in Buckinghamshire, England
* Pollywood is the colloquial name given to the Pashtu language movie industry in Peshawar, Pakistan.
* Punjwood refers to the Punjabi language film industry in India.
* "Sandalwood" refers to the Kannada language Karnataka film industry in Karnataka, India.
* Sollywood has been used to refer to the Sindhi film industry.
* Somaliwood refers to the film industry that has sprung up around the Somali immigrant community of Columbus, Ohio
* Tollywood may refer to the Telugu film industry in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
* Tollywood may also refer to the Bengali film industry in Tollygunge, West Bengal, India.
* Trollywood is the informal name for a film production facility in Trollhättan Municipality, Sweden.
* Valleywood is the informal name for the Dragon International film studio complex in Wales.
* Wellywood refers to Peter Jackson's film studio located in Wellington, New Zealand.

ee also

*Borehamwood

References

* [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/000079.html *ollywood Confidential]
* [http://www.fijiaudiovisual.com/ Bulawood]


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