New Year's Day
New Year's Day noun: a holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.
Noun
New Year's Day (plural New Year's Days)
- A holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.
- Holonym: New Year's (holiday-time sense)
- The good people of Han-tan were in the habit, every New Year's day, of presenting their Governor, Chien Tzü, with a number of live pigeons.1912, Lionel Giles, Taoist Teachings from the Book of Lieh Tzŭ, London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 118
- Synonyms:
- New Year's
New Year's Day meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Tagalog and Indonesian
New Year's Day in Tamil
- holiday occurring on the first day of the year
- புத்தாண்டு நாள் puttāṇṭu nāḷ
New Year's Day in Telugu
- holiday occurring on the first day of the year
- సంవత్సరాది saṁvatsarādi
New Year's Day in Tagalog
- holiday occurring on the first day of the year
- Bagong Taon
New Year's Day in Indonesian
- holiday occurring on the first day of the year
- Hari Tahun Baru
More languagesFewer languages
- New Year's Day in Thai
- วันขึ้นปีใหม่ wan khuen pi mai
- New Year's Day in Vietnamese
- tết dương lịch, Tết dương lịch
- New Year's Day in Myanmar
- နှစ်ဆန်းတစ်ရက် hnachcan:tacrak, နှစ်ဆန်းတစ်ရက်နေ့ hnachcan:tacrakne.
Synonyms of New Year's Day
Forms of New Year's Day
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Questions about New Year's Day
- What does New Year's Day mean?
- New Year's Day means a holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.
- What is New Year's Day in Tamil?
- New Year's Day in Tamil is புத்தாண்டு நாள் (puttāṇṭu nāḷ). See New Year's Day meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is New Year's Day?
- New Year's Day is a noun.
- What is the plural of New Year's Day?
- The plural of New Year's Day is New Year's Days.
Words near New Year's Day in the dictionary
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