Diwali
noun/dɪˈwɑːli/
/dɪˈwɑːli/
(also Divali
/dɪˈvɑːli/
/dɪˈvɑːli/
)(also Deepavali)
[uncountable]- a Hindu festival that is held in October or November, celebrated by lighting candles and clay lamps, and with fireworksTopics Religion and festivalsb2Word Originfrom Hindi dīvālī, from Sanskrit dīpāvali ‘row of lights’, from dīpā ‘lamp’ + vali ‘row’.
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