New Year's Eve
Proper noun
  1. The holiday occurring on the last day of the year, December 31st.
Related terms
  • New Year's Day
  • watchnight (not identical to New Year's Eve – New Year's Eve is the entire day before New Year's Day, whereas watch night is the night that begins at sundown on New Year's Eve and ends with sunrise on New Year's Day)
Translations
  • French: Saint-Sylvestre
  • German: Silvester; Altjahrsabend i dated
  • Italian: vigilia di Capodanno, capodanno
  • Portuguese: véspera do ano novo, réveillon, noite de São Silvestre, passagem de ano
  • Russian: кану́н но́вого го́да
  • Spanish: Nochevieja (especially Spain), víspera de año nuevo



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