ceilidh
noun/ˈkeɪli/
/ˈkeɪli/
- a social occasion with music and dancing, especially in Scotland and IrelandWord Originlate 19th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic ceilidh and Irish célidhe (earlier form of céilí), from Old Irish céilide ‘visit, visiting’, from céile ‘companion’.
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