Holyrood

English

Alternative forms

• Holy Rood

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒl.i.ɹuːd/
• Hyphenation: Hol‧y‧rood
• Rhymes: -ɒliɹuːd

Proper noun

Holyrood

1. An area in Edinburgh, the home of the Scottish Parliament.
2. (UK politics, by extension, metonymically) The Scottish Parliament.
   • 2020 December 16, “Network News: Scotland set to snub Johnson's Union Connectivity Review”, in RAIL, page 21:

     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.

   • 2023 March 27, Severin Carrell, Libby Brooks, “Humza Yousaf elected leader of Scottish National party”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

3. A place in Canada:
   1. A neighbourhood in south-east Edmonton, Alberta.
   2. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
   3. A community in Huron-Kinloss township, Bruce County, Ontario.
4. A minor city in Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States.
5. (Christianity) Alternative form of Holy Rood: the True Cross of Jesus.