Monday, July 28, 2008

Hollywood-inspired film industry's Names

Hollywood is such an iconic name that various other locations are nicknamed with Hollywood-inspired names. Most starting with the first letter(s) of the location and ending in the letters "-ollywood" or "-wood".
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.
Bollywood is the informal name given to the Mumbai (Bombay) based film industry in India.
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 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.
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.
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 is a film studio located in Wellington, New Zealand.

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