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Holi

Holi

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A spring festival when people throw colored powder and water to celebrate
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊli/
: Holi
  • And it's 'Holi' tomorrow.
  • play Holi
  • festival of Holi
  • Happy Holi

Examples

  • During Holi, people throw colored powders at each other in a spirited celebration.

  • - Happy 'Holi' to you too, brother.

    Oye Hoye Pyar Ho Gaya (2013)

  • Then happy 'Holi' to you.

    Oye Hoye Pyar Ho Gaya (2013)

  • Today your son will play such a 'Holi' that..

    Oye Hoye Pyar Ho Gaya (2013)

  • Enough of playing 'Holi' with colors.

    Oye Hoye Pyar Ho Gaya (2013)

  • "l will celebrate 'Holi' with you."

    Oye Hoye Pyar Ho Gaya (2013)

  • Oh yes, the human race is in deep need of Holi festival—the festival of colors, and yes, I mean it!

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  • Looks as if they’ve been smacked with red paint powder at a Holi festival.

    Mercy (2021)

  • The vibrant Hindu festival of Holi is celebrated with colors and joy every spring.

  • Many families come together to celebrate Holi, marking the arrival of spring with colorful festivities.

Surface Forms

Holi singular
Holis plural

Etymology

Holi comes from India and is linked to the name Holika, a figure in a story about a bonfire called Holika Dahan. So Holi is the spring festival that begins with a symbolic 'burning' and then becomes a joyful day of color and water.