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English
Proper noun
Holy Week
- The week preceding Easter containing Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday), Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday), Holy Friday (Good Friday), and Holy Saturday.
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week preceding Easter
- Armenian: Ավագ շաբաթ (Avag šabatʻ)
- Catalan: Setmana Santa (ca) f
- Cebuano: Semana Santa
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 聖週/圣周 (Shèngzhōu)
- Dutch: Goede Week (nl) f or m
- Finnish: hiljainen viikko (fi)
- French: semaine sainte (fr) f
- Georgian: ვნების კვირა (ka) (vnebis ḳvira)
- German: Karwoche (de) f, Heilige Woche f, Stille Woche f, Osterwoche (de) f (ambiguous)
- Greek: Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα (el) f (Megáli Evdomáda)
- Hungarian: nagyhét (hu)
- Icelandic: páskavika f, dymbilvika f, kyrravika f, dymbildagavika f
- Indonesian: pekan suci
- Ingrian: Strastnoi Viikko
- Irish: An tSeachtain Mhór f, Seachtain na Páise f
- Italian: Settimana Santa f
- Kapampangan: Maleldo (colloquially), Mal a Yaldo (formally)
- Maltese: Ġimgħa Mqaddsa f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: den stille uke f or m
- Polish: Wielki Tydzień (pl) m
- Portuguese: Semana Santa (pt) f
- Russian: страстна́я неде́ля f (strastnája nedélja)
- Scottish Gaelic: Seachdain a' Cheusaidh f
- Spanish: Semana Santa (es) f, Semana de Turismo (officially in Uruguay)
- Swahili: Juma Kuu
- Swedish: stilla veckan (sv) c, passionsveckan (sv) c, dymmelveckan (sv) c
- Tagalog: Semana Santa, Mahal na Araw
- Turkish: Çile Haftası, Kutsal Hafta
- Vietnamese: Tuần Thánh
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