Holy Week

English

Proper noun

The week preceding Easter containing Palm Sunday, Spy Wednesday, Holy Thursday and Good Friday.

Hypernyms

Eastertide

Coordinate terms

Easter Week (the week following-on from Easter Sunday)

Translations

week preceding Easter

Armenian: Ավագ շաբաթ (Avag šabatʿ)
Catalan: Setmana Santa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聖週, 圣周 (Shèngzhōu)
Dutch: Goede Week (nl)
Finnish: hiljainen viikko (fi)
French: semaine sainte (fr) f
Georgian: ვნების კვირა (ka) (vnebis ḳvira)
German: Karwoche (de) f
Greek: Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα (el) f (Megáli Evdomáda)

Hungarian: nagyhét (hu)
Icelandic: páskavika f, dymbilvika f, kyrravika f, dymbildagavika f
Irish: An tSeachtain Mhór f, Seachtain na Páise f
Italian: Settimana Santa f
Maltese: Ġimgħa Mqaddsa
Polish: Wielki Tydzień (pl) m
Portuguese: Semana Santa (pt) f
Russian: страстна́я неде́ля f (strastnája nedélja)
Spanish: Semana Santa (es) f, Semana de Turismo (officially in Uruguay)
Tagalog: Semana Santa

Further reading

Holy Week on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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