Nollaig — meaning in English

English meaning

• Christmas noun The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, held on December 25th.
• December noun The twelfth and final month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming after November.
• Noel noun A traditional Christmas carol or hymn.

Senses

Nollaig is used for these senses in English:

• Christmas (originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
• Christmas Day The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.
• December The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
• Noel (literary, or, old-fashioned) Christmas.

Christmas — full definition

1. noun The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, held on December 25th.
2. adj Coloured red and green, the traditional colours of the holiday.
3. verb To celebrate or spend the Christmas season somewhere.

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