Synonyms for Samhain
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1. Samhainnoun

   Synonyms:
   Halloween

2. Samhainnoun

   A holiday, falling on the night of the 31 of October to the 1 of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the new year, on which it was believed that the dead could return to the earth on that one night.

   Synonyms:
   Halloween

3. Samhainnoun

   One of the eight Sabbats celebrated in Wicca.

   Synonyms:
   Halloween

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1. Regina Hansen:

   Probably the first thing we have that is related to Halloween is this Irish Celtic festival known as Samhain, which occurred at the end of October and this is often thought of as a new year celebration.

2. Joseph Nagy:

   What we would call November, or the early part of it, appears to have been the designated end-of-harvest and beginning-of-winter time among peoples who spoke or speak Irish Celtic languages -- primarily represented today by the Irish, the Scottish particularly of the Highlands and islands, the Welsh, and the Bretons -- but the Celtic languages were far more widespread throughout Europe in ancient times, in Irish, this time or, specifically, what we would call November 1, is known as Samhain, which probably means' end of summer,'.