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Hogmanay

Hogmanay

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A Scottish celebration on New Year's Eve with parties and traditions
  • noun
  • /ˌhɔɡməˈneɪ/
  • UK
: Hogmanay
  • Every year, families gather to celebrate Hogmanay with music, dancing, and traditional Scottish food.

Examples

  • Edinburgh's Hogmanay features an impressive fireworks display to welcome the New Year.

  • Up in the studio in Glasgow, our Hogmanay party is in full swing, so lets go north of the border to join in the fun.

    The Fourth Protocol (1987)

  • At New Year's, she dressed it up for Scottish Hogmanay, with antlers and tartan ribbons.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • It also hosts the Hogmanay street party (31st December), Burns Night (25th January), St. Andrew's Day (30th November), and the Beltane Fire Festival (30th April).

    Blog text (4)

  • Many locals participate in singing 'Auld Lang Syne' during Hogmanay celebrations in Scotland.

Surface Forms

Hogmanay singular
Hogmanays plural

Etymology

The word Hogmanay is the Scottish name for New Year's Eve, and one popular story says it comes from old French words for a 'new year's gift', because people once gave small presents and went to friends' houses at New Year. That's why Hogmanay now means the lively Scottish New Year celebration with visits, parties and traditions.