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Halloween

//ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

    "They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween."

Noun
  1. 1
    the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people wordnet

Etymology

A Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic or poetic variant of eve; see also een). For the American pronunciation with /ɑ/, compare the Southern English traditional dialect pronunciations fallow /ˈfɒ.lə/ and tallow /ˈtɒ.lə/.

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