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A wish or expression of commemoration of Christmas.
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Usage: archaic
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Christmas.
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Usage: dated, literary
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A male given name from French.
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A female given name from French.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A city in McDonald County, Missouri, United States.
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Synonyms: Christmas City
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A community in East Hants municipality, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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noun
Acronym of no observed effect level.
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Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
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noun
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide
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Broader terms: season
History
From Middle English nowel, from Anglo-Norman noel, Middle French noel, a variant of nael, from Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).
From Middle English Nowel, borrowed from Old French Noel (“Christmas”), from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of nada, natal, Natal, and née.
* (names): From Noel in the sense of Christmas; given since Middle Ages to children born at Christmastide. * (city in Missouri): Named for brothers Clark Wallace and William Jasper Noel, stockmen and owners of a sawmill. * (community of Nova Scotia, Canada): Named after its most prominent resident, Noël Doiron.
Across languages
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