Holyrood
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Holyrood is an anglicisation of the Scots haly ruid (holy cross). It may refer to:
- Holyrood (cross), relics of the True Cross on which Jesus died
[edit] Scotland
- Holyrood, Edinburgh, an area of Edinburgh
- Holyrood Abbey a ruined Augustinian abbey in Edinburgh
- Holyrood Palace, formally the Palace of Holyroodhouse, adjacent to Holyrood Abbey
- Holyrood Park around Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh
- Holyrood, a metonym for the Scottish Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament Building, so named because they are in Holyrood, Edinburgh
- Holyrood Secondary School, Roman Catholic secondary school in the south side of Glasgow
- Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling
[edit] Canada
- Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town in Newfoundland
- Holyrood Thermal Generating Station, Conception Bay, Newfoundland
- Holyrood, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Alberta
- Holyrood Elementary School, Edmonton, Alberta
- Holyrood, Ontario, a small village in Ontario, near Lucknow
[edit] England
- Holy Rood Catholic Church, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
- Holy Rood Church, Ossington, Nottinghamshire
- Holyrood Church, Southampton, former church in Southampton, now a war memorial
- Holyrood Academy, Chard, Somerset
[edit] United States
- Holyrood, Kansas, a small town near the center of the state
- Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, New York
[edit] Music
- "Holyrood", the march of the RAF Regiment
[edit] See also
- Rood (Scots), a unit of land measurement formerly used in south-eastern Scotland
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