hogmanay
pronunciation
How to pronounce hogmanay in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce hogmanay in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- New Year's Eve in Scotland
Word Origin
- hogmanay
- hogmanay: [17] Hogmanay is the Scottish term for ‘New Year’s Eve’, and so might reasonably be supposed to be of Gaelic origin, but in fact it is not. It appears to come from hoguinané, the Norman dialect version of Old French aguillanneuf, a greeting given when exchanging New Year’s gifts (and possibly a contraction of accueillis l’an neuf ‘welcome the new year’).
Example
- 1. Bagpipes are often played at scottish hogmanay celebrations .
- 2. Hogmanay is derived from the winter solstice festival celebrated by the vikings .
- 3. Freddie : hogmanay ? What 's that ? It sounds like an illness .
- 4. When talking about new year in england , one can 't forget mentioning about the famous hogmanay , new year in scotland .
- 5. Special events policy ( eg. tattoo , hogmanay , rugby fixtures ) - please note for special events the full payment is required on the 1st date of the month of arrival .