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Uphelya

Uphelya is the alternative form of Up Helly Aa.

Meaning of Up Helly Aa

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.

Questions about Uphelya

What is Uphelya the alternative form of?
Uphelya is the alternative form of Up Helly Aa.

Words near Uphelya in the dictionary

  1. upheaving
  2. upheavings
  3. upheld
  4. uphelm
  5. uphelms
  6. Uphelya
  7. upher
  8. uphers
  9. uphill
  10. uphill and downdale
  11. uphill battle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Uphelya (page history and authors); Up Helly Aa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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