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語源

From 中期英語 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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhɒl.i.ɹuːd/
• ハイフネーション: Hol‧y‧rood
• 韻: -ɒliɹuːd

固有名詞

Holyrood

1. An area in Edinburgh, Scotland, 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, →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.