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Up Helly Aa

Up Helly Aa proper noun: any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland, in Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season.

Proper noun

Up Helly Aa

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

Forms of Up Helly Aa

alternative formUp-Helly-Aa
alternative formUphelya

Origin of Up Helly Aa

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

Questions about Up Helly Aa

What does Up Helly Aa mean?
Up Helly Aa means any of a variety of fire festivals held in Shetland, in Scotland, to mark the end of the Yule season.
What part of speech is Up Helly Aa?
Up Helly Aa is a proper noun.

Words near Up Helly Aa in the dictionary

  1. up for the downstroke
  2. up from
  3. up front
  4. up gaze
  5. up goes the donkey
  6. Up Helly Aa
  7. up here
  8. up hill and down dale
  9. up hill and down dell
  10. Up Holland
  11. up in arms

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