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The Scottish National Dictionary defines helly, probably derived from the Old Norse helgr (helgi in the dative and accusative case, meaning a holiday or festival), as "[a] series of festive days, esp. the period in which Christmas festivities are held from 25th Dec. to 5th Jan.", [21] while aa may represent a', meaning "all".
In Middle English, a "festival dai" was a religious holiday. [7] The first recorded used of the word "festival" as a noun was in 1589 (as "Festifall"). [6] Feast first came into usage as a noun c. 1200, [8] and its first recorded use as a verb was circa 1300. [9] The word gala comes from Arabic word khil'a, meaning robe of honor. [10]
The Italian word for "echo"; an effect in which a group of notes is repeated, usually more softly, and perhaps at a different octave, to create an echo effect égal (Fr.) Equal eilend (Ger.) Hurrying ein wenig (Ger.) A little einfach (Ger.) Simple emporté (Fr.) Fiery, impetuous en animant (Fr.) Becoming very lively en cédant (Fr.) Yielding en ...
Ord, the category of preordered sets; Ord, the proper class of all ordinal numbers; ord(V), the order type of a well-ordered set V; ord n (a), the multiplicative ...
Carnival in Rome, c. 1650 Rio's Carnival is the largest in the world according to Guinness World Records. [1]Carnival or Shrovetide is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, [2] consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
For at this festival, in houses that keep to proper religious usage, they first of all honor the slaves with a dinner prepared as if for the master; and only afterwards is the table set again for the head of the household. So, then, the chief slave came in to announce the time of dinner and to summon the masters to the table." [44]
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In Manx (Gaelg), the festival and the month are both called Luanistyn [ˈluanɪstθən]. The day itself may be called either Laa Luanistyn or Laa Luanys. [6] In Welsh (Cymraeg), the day is known as Calan Awst, originally a Latin term, [7] meaning the Calends of August. [1] In Breton (brezhoneg), the day was known as Gouel Eost, [8] the Feast of ...