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All_Souls'_Day

All Souls' Day

English

Alternative forms

All Souls Day

Proper noun

All Souls ’ Day

(Christianity) An annual feast day celebrating the faithful departed on the second day of November, immediately following All Saints' Day.
(uncommon) Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday.

Synonyms

Feast of All Souls
Defuncts' Day
(Mexican) Day of the Dead

Translations

Christian feast day

Czech: Dušičky, Památka zesnulých
Dutch: allerzielen, Allerzielen (nl)
Esperanto: Tago de la Mortintoj
Faroese: alla sálnadagur m
French: Commémoration des fidèles défunts
German: Allerseelen (de)
Greek: ψυχοσάββατο (el) n ‎(psychosávvato)
Hungarian: midenszentek, mindenszentek napja
Irish: Lá Fhéile na Marbh m
Italian: Giorno dei Morti, Commemorazione dei defunti
Luxembourgish: Allerséilendag, Allerséilen n

Macedonian: Духовден m ‎(Duhovden)
Portuguese: Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos, Dia dos Mortos, Dia de Finados (pt)
Russian: День всех усо́пших m ‎(Denʹ vsex usópšix)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Dušni dan
Spanish: Día de Muertos, Conmemoración de los Fieles Difuntos
Swedish: alla själars dag
Vietnamese: lễ Các Đẳng
Walloon: Djoû des åmes (wa) m, Djoû des moirts (wa) m