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Hal·low·een    Audio Help   [hal-uh-ween, -oh-een, hol-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the evening of October 31; the eve of All Saints' Day; Allhallows Eve: observed esp. by children in costumes who solicit treats, often by threatening minor pranks.
Also, Hal·low·e'en.


[Origin: 1550–60; (All)hallow(s) + e(v)en2]
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Hal·low·een also Hal·low·e'en    Audio Help   (hāl'ə-wēn', hŏl'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   October 31, celebrated in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles by children going door to door while wearing costumes and begging treats and playing pranks.


[Short for All Hallow Even : Allhallow(mas) + even2.]

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Halloween 
c.1745, Scottish shortening of Allhallow-even "Eve of All Saints, last night of October" (1556), the last night of the year in the old Celtic calendar, where it was Old Year's Night, a night for witches. Another pagan holiday given a cursory baptism and sent on its way. Hallowmas "All-saints" is first attested 1389.

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halloween

noun
the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Halloween [ˈhalouˌiːn] noun
a Christian festival on 31 Oct., when children dress up and play ``trick or treat!''
Arabic: عيد جَميع القِدّيسين
Chinese (Simplified): 万圣节
Chinese (Traditional): 万圣節
Czech: Halloween
Danish: allehelgensaften
Estonian: kõikide pühakute päeva eelõhtu
Greek: γιορτή των Αγίων Πάντων
Hungarian: mindenszentek előestéje
Indonesian: malam menjelang perayaan 1 November
Italian: Halloween
Latvian: Visu svēto dienas priekšvakars
Russian: канун Дня всех святых
Slovak: Halloween
Spanish: víspera de Todos los Santos
Swedish: motsv dagen före allhelgonadagen
Turkish: Azizler günü arefesi (31 Ekim), hortlak gecesi
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Halloween

All`hal"low eve`\ ([=e]v`). The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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