# Holi

Pronunciation: say "HOH-lee" US /ˈhoʊli/, UK /ˈhəʊliː/

## Proper noun

1. A Hindu spring festival celebrated with lively, noisy street parties in which people throw colored powders over one another.
   - Simple: A Hindu spring festival where people throw bright colored powders at each other in lively street parties.
   - _By noon on Holi, the whole town square had turned into a haze of red and green powder._
   - _Families gather for Holi to smear bright colors on friends and strangers alike._

## Origin

Borrowed from Hindi होली (holī), which comes from Sanskrit होली (holī).

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