Epiphany

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EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

See epiphany.

NounEdit

Epiphany ‎(plural Epiphanies)

1. The appearance of Jesus Christ to the three Magi on the twelfth day after Christmas
2. An annual Christian feast celebrating this event
3. January 6th, the day of the celebration

SynonymsEdit

• Twelfthtide

TranslationsEdit

Christian feast

• Arabic: عِيد اَلْغِطَاس m ‎(ʿīd al-ḡiṭās), غِطَاس m ‎(ḡiṭās)
• Armenian: Հայտնություն ‎(Haytnutʿyun)
• Aromanian: Pãtigiuni f
• Bulgarian: Богоявление n ‎(Bogojavlénie), Йордановден m ‎(Jordanovden)
• Catalan: Epifania f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主顯節 (zh), 主显节 (zh) ‎(Zhǔxiǎnjié)

• Czech: Epifanie f
• Danish: helligtrekongersdag c
• Dutch: Driekoningen (nl) m
• Faroese: trettandi m, trettandadagur m, trettanda f
• Finnish: loppiainen (fi)
• French: Épiphanie (fr) f, fête des Rois f
• German: Dreikönigsfest n, Erscheinung des Herrn (de) f, Heilige Drei Könige (de) pl, m
• Greek: Θεοφάνια (el) n pl ‎(Theofánia), Φώτα (el) n pl ‎(Fóta)
• Hungarian: vízkereszt (hu), epifánia
• Icelandic: þrettándi m
• Irish: Nollaig na mBan f, Eipeafáine f

  Old Irish: notlaic becc f, notlaic stéille f

• Italian: Befana f, Epifania f
• Japanese: エピファニー ‎(Epifanī), 公現祭 ‎(こうげんさい, Kōgensai)
• Latvian: Triju Ķēniņu diena, Zvaigznes diena
• Lithuanian: Trys karaliai m pl
• Luxembourgish: Dräikinneksdag m
• Maltese: Tre Re, Epifanija
• Manx: Feailley Çhybbyrt Ushtey f, Laa Gymmyrt Ushtey m, Laa Çhebbal Ooashley m
• Maori: Whakaaturanga
• Norwegian: helligtrekongersdag m
• Polish: Objawienie Pańskie f, Epifania f
• Portuguese: Epifania (pt) f
• Romanian: Bobotează f
• Russian: Богоявле́ние (ru) n ‎(Bogojavlénije), Явле́ние n ‎(Javlénije), Эпифа́ния f ‎(Epifánija)
• Scottish Gaelic: Fèill an Taisbeanaidh f, Là nan Trì Rìghrean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Богојављење n

  Roman: Bogojavljenje (sh) n

• Swedish: Trettondedag jul, Trettondedagen, trettondag (sv) c

See alsoEdit

• Advent
• Advent Sunday
• Christmastide
• Twelve Days of Christmas