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Ostara

Ostara proper noun: a pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrating the spring equinox, sometimes also called Eostre or Easter.

Proper noun

Ostara

  1. A pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrating the spring equinox, sometimes also called Eostre or Easter.

Origin of Ostara

Borrowed from reconstructed Old High German *Ôstara (German Ostern, Cimbrian Oastarn, Mòcheno Oastern, Hunsrik Oostre, Luxembourgish Ouschteren, East Central German Ustern). Related to English Easter, which see for some more information.

Questions about Ostara

What does Ostara mean?
Ostara means a pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrating the spring equinox, sometimes also called Eostre or Easter.
What part of speech is Ostara?
Ostara is a proper noun.

Words near Ostara in the dictionary

  1. ost
  2. ostalgia
  3. ostalgias
  4. Ostanek
  5. Ostap
  6. Ostara
  7. ostarioclupeomorph
  8. ostarioclupeomorphs
  9. ostariophysan
  10. ostariophysans
  11. ostariophysian

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