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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
<piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:> Hollywood, perhaps (not in Europe,
to be sure, but many of the religious > denominations found there
are rather liberal).> > Piotr
That's a cute observation, Piotr.
Does Holly-wood have anything to do with 'holy'? Or is just a shrub?
Main Entry: hol·ly
Pronunciation: 'hä-lE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural hollies
Etymology: Middle English holin, holly, from Old English holen; akin
to Old High German hulis holly, Middle Irish cuilenn
Date: before 12th century
1 : any of a genus (Ilex of the family Aquifoliaceae, the holly
family) of trees and shrubs; especially : either of two (I. opaca of
the eastern U.S. and I. aquifolium of Eurasia) with spiny-margined
evergreen leaves and usually red berries often used for Christmas
decorations
2 : the foliage or branches of the holly
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