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holyhead

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What does holyhead mean?

proper noun

  1. A town and community with a town council on Holy Island, in the county of Anglesey, Wales (OS grid ref SH2482).
  2. A surname.

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“Still two miles to Holyhead by the road,” thought I. “Nos da,” said I to the woman and sped along.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
All that day we lay in Holyhead, but I could neither read nor write nor draw.
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698
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This, however, being contrary to his intention, he entrusted himself to the higher current, and by it was carried to the north-west of Holyhead.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861
The result was, that Howth on the one coast, and Holyhead on the other, were fixed upon as the most eligible sites for packet stations.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
Still we swept onward like a phantom ship, and many an eager eye glanced up to where the Look-out on the mast kept watch for Holyhead.
Charles DickensAmerican NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #675