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Maslenitsa

Maslenitsa proper noun: an East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.

maslenitsa: an East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven...
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Proper noun

Maslenitsa (usually uncountable, plural Maslenitsas)

  1. (usually) An East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.
    • In pre-revolutionary Russia the pagan associations had already been lost to a large extent, and Maslenitsa had become a popular communal, jolly celebration dedicated to the seeing-off of winter.1981, Christel Lane, The Rites of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society – the Soviet Case

Synonyms of Maslenitsa

Forms of Maslenitsa

pluralMaslenitsas

Origin of Maslenitsa

Borrowed from Russian Ма́сленица (Máslenica).

Questions about Maslenitsa

What does Maslenitsa mean?
Maslenitsa means an East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.
What part of speech is Maslenitsa?
Maslenitsa is a proper noun.

Words near Maslenitsa in the dictionary

  1. Maslankas
  2. Maslany
  3. Maslanys
  4. Maslawi
  5. Maslen
  6. Maslenitsa
  7. maslimomab
  8. maslin
  9. maslin pan
  10. maslin pans
  11. maslinate

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