Lantern Festival in Malay
Pesta Tanglung
/ˌlæntən ˈfɛstɪvl̩/US/ˌlæn(t)ɚn ˈfɛstəv(ə)l/
Lantern Festival in Malay: Pesta Tanglung. In English, Lantern Festival means a festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March).
Malay words for Lantern Festival
- festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
- Pesta Tanglung
English meaning of Lantern Festival
- noun A festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March).
- noun ยี่เป็ง (Yi Peng), a festival celebrated chiefly in northern Thailand on the day of the full moon in the second month of the northern Thai lunar calendar (equivalent to the twelfth month of the lunar calendar used in the rest of Thailand, generally in November).
Synonyms of Lantern Festival
- Feast of Lanterns
- Festival of Lanterns
Lantern Festival in other languages
Questions about Lantern Festival in Malay
- What is the meaning of Lantern Festival in Malay?
- Lantern Festival in Malay is Pesta Tanglung.
- Apakah maksud Lantern Festival dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Lantern Festival: Pesta Tanglung.
- What does Lantern Festival mean in English?
- Lantern Festival means a festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lantern Festival (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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