Hollywood-inspired names
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Hollywood is such an iconic name that various other locations are nicknamed with Hollywood-inspired names. Most end in the letters "ollywood", leading to the alternative designation *ollywood.
- Bollywood is the informal name given to the Mumbai (Bombay) based film industry in India.
- Borehamwood near Elstree in the English home counties. Real name of the town.
- 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.
- Hollyhammar refers to the film industry in Hallstahammar, Sweden.
- Hollywood North refers to film and television production in Vancouver, Toronto and (more recently) throughout Canada.
- Kollywood is a name often applied to Tamil cinema, based in Chennai (formerly Madras) in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India.
- 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.
- 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 an informal name for a film studio in Wales.
- Wellywood is a film studio located in Wellington, New Zealand.
