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holloway
/ˈhɑloʊˌweɪ/
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What does holloway mean?
noun
- A road or track that is significantly lower than the land on either side, not formed by recent engineering but possibly of much greater age.
proper noun
- A village in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3256).
- An urban area of London in the borough of Islington, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ306859).
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proper noun
- A hamlet in East Knoyle parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST876133).
- A minor city in Swift County, Minnesota, United States.
- A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈhɑloʊˌweɪ/
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A short time ago a respectable man, a chemist in Holloway, fifty years of age, driven hard to the wall, tried to end it all by cutting his throat.
A little while after this de Fonvielle, on a visit to England, had a most pathetic interview with the veteran Charles Green, who was living in comfortable retirement at Upper Holloway.
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The sandy soil was sawn through, as it were, by generation after generation of human feet, and by packhorses, helped by the rains, until in some places the tracks were as much as from twelve to fourteen yards deep; one of these, partly filled up, retaining to this day the name of Holloway Head.
The late Mr. J. Holloway, of the Bank of England, brother to the engraver of that name, related of himself that, being one night in bed, and unable to sleep, he had fixed his eyes and thoughts with uncommon intensity on a beautiful star that was shining in at the window, when he suddenly found his spirit released from his body and soaring into space.