English
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Etymology
From Proto-Celtic sam ("summer") and fuin ("end"), thus "Summer's End"

Pronunciation
IPA|/�sa�.w�n/
audio|en-us-Samhain.ogg|Audio (US)

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. A holiday, falling on the night of the 31 of October to the 1 of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the new year, on which it was believed that the dead could roam the earth.
2. italbrac|Wicca One of the eight Sabbat|Sabbats celebrated in Wicca.

Category:Wicca

Irish

Pronunciation
IPA|/sˠaunʲ/

Proper noun
Samhain

1. November.
2. Samhain (festival).

ga noun f5|Sa|mhain|mhna|mhnacha

Category:Irish proper nouns
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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
IPA|/sauv�n/

Proper noun
Samhain

1. Samhain (festival)

Category:Scottish Gaelic proper nouns
Category:gd:Calendar terms

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