Hogmanay

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English

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Etymology

From Scots Hogmanay, probably from Old French aguillanneuf (last day of the year).

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Noun

Hogmanay (countable and uncountable, plural Hogmanays)

  1. (Scotland) New Year's Eve.
    • 2020 January 5, Kevin McKenna, “Rebel alliance ready to put a halt to the ‘disneyfication’ of Edinburgh”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
      Each year the Hogmanay celebration and the Christmas market on Princes Street Gardens that accompanies it, together with the ever-growing international festival and fringe, eats up more and more of our public spaces.
  2. (Scotland) A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.

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Scots

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Etymology

Probably from Norman hoguinané, from Old French aguillanneuf (last day of the year).

Proper noun

Hogmanay

  1. New Year's Eve.
  2. A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.

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