English Explanatory Dictionary

Up Helly Aa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland, in Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season.

Word forms

Up Helly Aa Up-Helly-Aa Uphelya

Etymology

From the Shetlandic form of Scots up-haly-aw.

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