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Hogmanay

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Hog·ma·nay  (hgm-n, hgm-n)
n. Scots
1. The eve of New Year's Day, on which children traditionally go from house to house asking for presents.
2. A present requested or given on this day.

[Origin unknown.]

Hogmanay [ˌhɒgməˈneɪ]
n
(sometimes not capital)
a.  New Year's Eve in Scotland
b.  (as modifier) a Hogmanay party See also first-foot
[Scottish and Northern English, perhaps from Norman French hoguinane, from Old French aguillanneuf the last day of the year; also, a New Year's eve gift]
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Noun1.Hogmanay - New Year's Eve in Scotland
December 31, New Year's Eve - the last day of the year
Translations
Hogmanay [ˈhɒgməneɪ] N (Scot) → Nochevieja f
HOGMANAY
Hogmanay es el nombre que recibe el día de Nochevieja en Escocia. La gente suele organizar fiestas y, cuando suenan las doce campanadas, cantan Auld Lang Syne, una canción típica escocesa, y brindan por el nuevo año. Después es costumbre salir a visitar a los amigos para dar juntos la bienvenida al año que comienza. La costumbre de ser los primeros en hacerlo se denomina first footing. Según la tradición es señal de prosperidad y buena suerte en el nuevo año si la primera persona que llega a la casa después de las doce de la noche es un hombre moreno que lleve algo de comida, bebida y un trozo de carbón.
Hogmanay [ˌhɒgməˈneɪ] n (Scottish)réveillon m du jour de l'An, Saint-Sylvestre f
Hogmanay
n (Scot) → Silvester nt
Hogmanay [ˈhɒgməˌneɪ] n (in Scotland) → San Silvestro


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