Halloween
Sayha-luh-WEEN/ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/UK/ˌha.ləˈwiːn/
- 1The eve of All Hallows' Day, October 31st, celebrated mainly in English-speaking countries by children going door-to-door in costume to collect candy.
Every Halloween, the whole street decorates their porches with carved pumpkins and fake cobwebs.
She hosts a Halloween party each year where guests compete for the best costume.
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Origin
This is a Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, formed from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) plus even, an archaic or poetic variant of eve.