"New Year's" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Genitive, from New Year + -'s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|New Year|'s}} New Year + -'s Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolink=1}} New Year's
  1. The holiday commemorating (the beginning of) the new year; the holiday time that includes New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
    Sense id: en-New_Year's-en-name-en:Q11269_or_Q196627_or_both Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -'s, Pages with 1 entry, New Year Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -'s: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of New Year: 30 36 34
  2. The holiday commemorating (the beginning of) the new year; the holiday time that includes New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
    (often specifically) New Year's Eve.
    Wikidata QID: Q11269 Tags: often, specifically
    Sense id: en-New_Year's-en-name-en:Q11269_or_Q196627_or_both1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -'s, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Unami translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, New Year Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -'s: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 42 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 50 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 53 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 52 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 53 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 25 50 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 55 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 51 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Unami translations: 25 51 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 25 50 25 Disambiguation of New Year: 30 36 34
  3. The holiday commemorating (the beginning of) the new year; the holiday time that includes New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
    (often specifically) New Year's Day.
    Wikidata QID: Q196627 Tags: often, specifically
    Sense id: en-New_Year's-en-name-en:Q11269_or_Q196627_or_both1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -'s, Pages with 1 entry, New Year Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 37 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -'s: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of New Year: 30 36 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: new year, new me, New Year's resolution Translations (the holiday commemorating the new year): Нова година (english: Nova godina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Oud en Nieuw [neuter] (Dutch), Silvester [masculine, neuter] (German), áramót [neuter, plural] (Icelandic), нового́дние пра́здники (novogódnije prázdniki) [masculine, plural] (Russian), Но́вый год (Nóvyj god) [masculine] (Russian), nyår [neuter] (Swedish), Newiyal (Unami), Tết dương lịch (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'the holiday commemorating the new year': 33 33 33
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