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(Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox.

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Usage examples (21)
  • Revolution Day, 11 February (1979); Noruz (New Year's Day), 21
  • RAMAN: For Noruz, seven symbolic items are displayed in homes for 13 days.
  • RAMAN (voice over): To understand just how big Noruz, new year's, is in Iran, think of every holiday you know combined into one.
  • It manifests itself through their obsessive rituals during the ancient Zoroastrian holiday Noruz, their family gatherings, their warm hospitality and their insistence...
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