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Meaning of Whitsunday | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

wɪtˈsʌndeɪ

Definitions

The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia; in full, Whitsunday Region.
A quarter day falling on 15th May.
Scotland

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العربية وايتسنداي

Català Pentecosta

Čeština letnice svatodušní svátky

Dansk pinse

Deutsch Pfingsten Pfingstfest Pfingstsonntag Pfingsttag

Ελληνικά Πεντηκοστή

Esperanto Pentekosto

Español pentecostés

Suomi helluntai helluntaipäivä

Français Pentecôte

Gaeilge Cincís

Magyar pünkösd pünkösdvasárnap

Bahasa Indonesia Pentakosta

Íslenska hvítasunna

Italiano Pentecoste

日本語ペンテコステ聖霊降臨聖霊降臨祭

Lietuvių Sekminės

Македонски Дуовден Духовден

മലയാളം പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ

Malti Għid il-Ħamsin

Nederlands Pinksteren

Polski Pięćdziesiątnica Zesłanie Ducha Świętego Zielone Świątki Zielone Święta

Português Pentecoste Pentecostes

Română cincizecime Rusalii

Русский день Свято́й Тро́ицы пятидеся́тница троица Тро́ицын день

Shqip rrëshajë rshajë

Svenska pingstdag

Tagalog Pentekostes

Türkçe Pentekost

Українська День Зісла́ння Свято́го Ду́ха трійця

Examples

“Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit”

“Jesus, ascended into Heav'n again/Bestow'd this won'drous Gift upon good Men/That various Nations, by his Spirit led,/All understood what Galileans said.”

“An older name for this day [Pentecost] is Whitsunday, or “white Sunday,” named for the white garments worn by the newly baptised.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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