Lunar New Year

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Lunar New Year

noun Lunar New Years

  1. countable, uncountable An annual holiday of several cultures that marks the beginning of a new year according to a lunar or lunisolar calendar, as opposed to a new year dictated by a solar calendar such as the Julian or Gregorian calendars. Photos obtained by CNN from an attendee at a village funeral in Cheng'an County in Hebei Province show mourners of all ages, including children, watching the performance. The attendee, who asked not to be identified, said he was visiting family during the Lunar New Year holiday. While he was there,

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noun Lunar New Year

Españolaño nuevo chino
한국어춘절 chunjeol, 설 seol, 설날 seollal
日本語旧正月 kyūshōgatsu, 春節 shunsetsu
中文春節 /春节 chūnjié, 農曆新年 /农历新年 nónglì xīnnián
हिन्दीचंद्र नववर्ष candra navvarṣ
Portuguêsano novo chinês
Françaisnouvel an chinois
Deutschchinesisches Neujahrsfest
РусскийКита́йский Но́вый год Kitájskij Nóvyj god
Tiếng ViệtTết Nguyên Đán, Tết, Tết ta, Tết âm lịch
العربيةرَأْس السَّنَة الصِّينِيَّة, عِيد الرَّبِيع ʕīd ar-rabīʕ

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@misc{lunar_new_year_2026,
  title = {Lunar New Year},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lunar%20new%20year},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}