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carnival (s) (noun), carnivals (pl)
1. A festival taking place just before lent: There was lots of feasting, merrymaking, and masguerading at the carnival last year.
2. Etymology: from Middle Latin, carne, vale, "O flesh, farewell!" through Italian, carnevale, and French, carnaval.
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