NOWRUZ

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox

Synonyms:

Noruz; Nowrooz; Nowruz

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Nowruz" is a kind of...):

March equinox; spring equinox; vernal equinox (March 21)

Domain category:

Farsi; Persian (the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms)

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