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

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 (magazine), a magazine for the Scottish Parliament
• Holyrood Secondary School, Roman Catholic secondary school in the south side of Glasgow
• Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling

Canada

• Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town in Newfoundland
• Holyrood South, 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

England

• Holyrood Academy, Chard, Somerset
• Holy Rood Catholic Church, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
• Holy Rood Church, Ossington, Nottinghamshire
• Holyrood Church, Southampton, former church in Southampton, now a war memorial
• Holyrood estate, Southampton

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

Music

• "Holyrood", the march of the RAF Regiment

See also

• Rood (Scots), a unit of land measurement formerly used in south-eastern Scotland

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