how to pronounce holly

/ˈhɒl.i/

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holly is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of holly in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… so so i can hug holly is a friend close …”

meaning of holly

Holly is a type of tree.

holly frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word holly occurs in english on average 10 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics holly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that holly can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;