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Holyrood en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɒl.i.ɹuːd/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English Holy Rood, Holyrode, holy-rode, holy roode, hali rode, halgorode, equivalent to holy + rood (“crucifix, cross”). The town in Newfoundland is named after a location near Crewkerne, Somerset.

Meanings

1. An area of Edinburgh, Scotland, the home of the Scottish Parliament.
2. (UK, broadly, metonymically) The Scottish Parliament.
   • But Matheson has indicated that the Scottish Government will not be responding to the consultation because transport policy in Scotland is a matter for ministers at Holyrood and not at Westminster. 2020 December 16, “Network News: Scotland set to snub Johnson's Union Connectivity Review”, in RAIL, page 21:
   • Yousaf is almost certain to be confirmed as Scotland’s next first minister in a nominal vote at Holyrood on Tuesday but now has to bridge those divides by bringing the SNP’s warring wings together. 2023 March 27, Severin Carrell, Libby Brooks, “Humza Yousaf elected leader of Scottish National party”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3. A place in Canada: ▸ A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.
4. A place in Canada: ▸ A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
5. A place in Canada: ▸ A community in Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario.
6. A minor city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.
7. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Holy Rood: the True Cross of Jesus.
   alt of Holy Rood

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