Complete Definition of "New Year"

English

Etymology
new + year

Noun
new|New year|Year

  1. The first few days of a calendar year.
  2. In particular, January 1 in the Julian calendar|Julian and Gregorian calendar|Gregorian calendars|calendar and the days following.

Translations
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Basque: urte berri
Chinese: �年 (xīnnián)
Esperanto: novjaro
Danish: nytår n
Faroese: nýggjár n
Finnish: uusivuosi
French: nouvel an m
German: Neujahr n
Hindi: नया साल m
Hungarian: új év
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Icelandic: nýár n, nýr|nýtt ár n
Italian: anno nuovo m
Japanese: �年 (����, shin'nen)
Maltese: sena Ä¡dida f
Portuguese: Ano Novo m, ano-bom m
Russian: �ов�й год m
Slovak: Nový rok m
Spanish: año nuevo m
Swedish: nytt år n
Vietnamese: n�m m�i, tết (referring to the celebration)
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Adjective
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  1. of or relating to New Year rfv-sense|As adj.: is this valid or should it be considered a misspelling of New Year's?

#: New Year resolution

Translations
Slovak: novoro�ný m, novoro�ná f, novoro�né n

Related terms
Chinese New Year
happy New Year
New Year resolution
New Year's Day
New Year's Eve

See also
Rosh Hashanah

Category:Calendar terms

fr:New Year
ja:New Year

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