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xaneira.

New Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun[ʃaˈnejɾɐ]
  1. New Year's carols (traditional songs celebrating the New Year and Epiphany)

    in-plural · masculine
  2. heat

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From quendas xaneiras (“the calends of January”), from Latin kalendas ianuarias. Compare Portuguese janeiras.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.