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A holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonym: New Year's (holiday-time sense)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: New Year's
Antonyms: none provided
the first day of the year
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: New Year's, January 1
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
Nuwejaarsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Armenian:
Նոր Տարի
(Nor Tari)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Bashkir:
Яңы йыл
(Yañı yıl)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Burmese:
နှစ်ဆန်းတစ်ရက်
(hnachcan:tacrak)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Burmese:
နှစ်ဆန်းတစ်ရက်နေ့
(hnachcan:tacrakne.)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Catalan:
Cap d'Any
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Cebuano:
Bag-ong Tuig
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Chinese:
番仔正
(hoan-á-chian)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Chinese:
正月初一
(chian-ge̍h chhoe-it)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Chinese Mandarin:
元旦
(yuándàn)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Chinese Mandarin:
大年初一
(dànián chūyī)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Czech:
Nový rok
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Danish:
nytårsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Danish:
første nytårsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Dutch:
Nieuwjaar
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Dutch:
nieuwjaarsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Egyptian:
F15
(wp-rnpt)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Esperanto:
novjartago
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Estonian:
uusaasta
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Finnish:
uudenvuodenpäivä
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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French:
jour de l'an
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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French:
Nouvel An
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Galician:
Ano Novo
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Galician:
Aninovo
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Georgian:
ახალი წელი
(axali c̣eli)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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German:
Neujahr
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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German:
Neujahrstag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Greek:
Πρωτοχρονιά
(Protochroniá)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Hiligaynon:
Bag-ong Tuig
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Hungarian:
újév
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Icelandic:
nýársdagur
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Ilocano:
Baro a Tawen
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Indonesian:
Hari Tahun Baru
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Irish:
Lá Caille
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Italian:
capodanno
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Japanese:
元日
(ganjitsu)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Japanese:
元旦
(gantan)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Kapampangan:
Bayung Banua
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Khmer:
ថ្ងៃឡើងស័ក
(tŋay laəŋ sak)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Khmer:
ថ្ងៃចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី
(tŋay cool cnam tməy)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Kinaray-a:
Bag-ong Tuig
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Korean:
신정
(sinjeong)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Lithuanian:
naujųjų metų diena
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Livonian:
ūdāigast pǟva
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Maltese:
l-Ewwel tas-Sena
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Mòcheno:
Najorto
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Navajo:
tsʼídá náhááh bijį́į́ goneʼ
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Norman:
Jour dé l'An
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nyttårsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Norwegian Bokmål:
første nyttårsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
nyttårsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Ojibwe:
anamikodaadin
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Ojibwe:
ojiindiwini-giizhigad
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Old English:
ġēares dæġ
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Polish:
Nowy Rok
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Portuguese:
Ano Novo
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Romanian:
Anul Nou
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Romanian:
ziua de Anul Nou
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Russian:
Но́вый год
(Nóvyj god)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Scots:
Ne'er's Day
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Scots:
Neuar-day
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Scottish Gaelic:
Là na Bliadhna Ùire
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Scottish Gaelic:
Callainn
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Serbo-Croatian:
doček nove godine
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Serbo-Croatian:
nova godina
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Slovak:
Nový rok
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Spanish:
Año Nuevo
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Swahili:
siku ya mwaka
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Swedish:
nyårsdag
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Tagalog:
Bagong Taon
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Tamil:
புத்தாண்டு நாள்
(puttāṇṭu nāḷ)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Telugu:
సంవత్సరాది
(saṁvatsarādi)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Thai:
วันขึ้นปีใหม่
(wan khuen pi mai)
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Turkish:
yılbaşı
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Unami:
Newiyal
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Vietnamese:
tết dương lịch
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Vietnamese:
Tết dương lịch
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Waray-Waray:
Bag-ong Tuig
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year
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Welsh:
Dydd Calan
— holiday occurring on the first day of the year