Tynwald

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Manx Tinvaal, itself from Old Norse Þingvǫllr.

Proper noun

Tynwald

  1. The legislature of the Isle of Man.
    • 1957 June, F. K. Pearson, “The Manx Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:
      At the annual general meeting of the company, held on April 4 of the present year, the Chairman stated that, after leave to introduce a Bill into Tynwald for closing down the line was refused, a sale of the company's railway assets to the Manx Government for £50,000 was provisionally agreed. This purchase was approved by Tynwald in December last.

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