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Ghost Festival

Ghost Festival proper noun: a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.

Proper noun

the Ghost Festival

  1. A traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.

Ghost Festival meaning in Malay, Thai and Vietnamese

Ghost Festival in Malay

Taoist festival
Perayaan Hantu

Ghost Festival in Thai

Taoist festival
วันสารทจีน

Ghost Festival in Vietnamese

Taoist festival
Tết Trung Nguyên, Vu Lan

Synonyms of Ghost Festival

Origin of Ghost Festival

Calque of Chinese 鬼節 /鬼节 (Guǐjié).

Questions about Ghost Festival

What does Ghost Festival mean?
Ghost Festival means a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.
What is Ghost Festival in Malay?
Ghost Festival in Malay is Perayaan Hantu. See Ghost Festival meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is Ghost Festival?
Ghost Festival is a proper noun.

Words near Ghost Festival in the dictionary

  1. ghost detainees
  2. ghost driver
  3. ghost drivers
  4. ghost employee
  5. ghost employees
  6. Ghost Festival
  7. ghost field
  8. ghost fields
  9. ghost flathead
  10. ghost flatheads
  11. ghost flatworm

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