Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

festival of lights

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: fes-ti-val of -lights
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

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The Thadingyut Festival.

Example Sentences

"[…] celebration of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights[.]"
"One of our more Judaically advanced cellmates gave us insightful lessons about the laws and customs of the Festival of Lights."
"Invite a practicing Hindu from your community to speak about the Festival of Lights."
"The two most important holidays are the Burmese New Year or Water Festival (Thingyan) celebrated in April and the Festival of Lights (Thadingyut) celebrated in October."

Etymology

From the importance of candles or light during the celebrations.

Inflected Forms

the Festival of Lights (canonical) Festival of Light (alternative)

Phrases

Feast of Light

Frequently Paired Words

Feast of Light

Synonyms

hanukkah hanukah hannukah chanukah chanukkah channukah channukkah feast of lights feast of dedication feast of the dedication

Questions

What does festival of lights mean?: Hanukkah.
Where does festival of lights come from?: From the importance of candles or light during the celebrations.

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