Ostara

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrating the spring equinox, sometimes also called Eostre or Easter.

Etymology

Borrowed from reconstructed Old High German *Ôstara (German Ostern, Cimbrian Oastarn, Mòcheno Oastern, Hunsrik Oostre, Luxembourgish Ouschteren, East Central German Ustern). Related to English Easter, which see for some more information.

Related phrases

spring equinox

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