Holyhead

[ hol-ee-hed ]

/ ˈhɒl iˌhɛd /

a seaport on Holy Island in NW Wales.

Example sentences from the Web for holyhead

Dr. Gladstone records great variability in the range of gun-sound in the Holyhead experiments.

Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885 |Various
At first I had no suspicions, but on the boat to Holyhead I began to get uneasy.

The Secret Adversary |Agatha Christie
At Holyhead we carefully took our bikes aboard, and settled down to a cold voyage.

Adventures of a Despatch Rider |W. H. L. Watson
To Holyhead the actual distance proved to be 269 miles; the Post Office had computed it at 208 miles.

The History of the Post Office |Herbert Joyce

In the year 1826, considerable stimulus was given to speed by a great acceleration in the time of the Holyhead mail.

An Old Coachman's Chatter with some Practical Remarks on Driving |Edward Corbett

Holyhead

/ (ˈhɒlɪˌhɛd) /

a town in NW Wales, in Anglesey, the chief town of Holy Island: a port on the N coast. Pop: 11 237 (2001)