Holy Roodとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /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, the home of the Scottish Parliament.
2. (英国用法 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.