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Dewally

Dewally is the obsolete form of Diwali.

Meaning of Diwali

Proper noun

Diwali (plural Diwalis)

  1. (Hinduism) An annual festival of light, observed during several days in October and November.
    • Around one billion people worldwide and across the U.S. will celebrate Diwali this week.2024 October 30, Chandelis Duster, “Millions of people celebrate Diwali this week. Here is what you should know”, in NPR

Questions about Dewally

What is Dewally the obsolete form of?
Dewally is the obsolete form of Diwali.

Words near Dewally in the dictionary

  1. dewal
  2. Dewald
  3. Dewalds
  4. Dewalee
  5. Dewali
  6. Dewally
  7. dewals
  8. Dewalt
  9. Dewalts
  10. dewan
  11. dewanee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dewally (page history and authors); Diwali (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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