Look up: Carnival

1. carnival
   [n] - a traveling show 2. [n] - a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
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2. CARNIVAL
   the term -- also refers to the merry-go-rounds, ferris wheels, side shows, and amusements at outdoor fairs. Category: General • in the United States the name -- often means a traveling entertainment featuring ferris wheels, merry-go-arounds, games of skill and chance, and side shows. The...
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3. Carnival
   Car'ni·val noun [ Italian carnevale , probably for older carnelevale , prop., the putting away of meat; from Latin caro , carnis , flesh + levare to take away, lift up, from levis light.] 1. A festiva...
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4. carnival
   noun a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
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5. carnival
   noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
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6. Carnival
   • (n.) Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. • (n.) A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (thre...
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7. carnival
   a traveling entertainment combining the features of both circus and amusement park. Developing out of the same roots as the early 19th-century ...
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8. carnival
   the merrymaking and festivity that takes place in many Roman Catholic countries in the last days and hours before the Lenten season. The derivation ... [10 related articles]
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9. carnival
   carnival Etymology: From Middle Latin, carne, vale, 'O flesh, farewell!' through Italian, carnevale, and French, carnaval. Related 'meat, flesh' word units: creo-, kreo-; sarco-.
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10. carnival
    
    • a festival marked by merrymaking and processions
    • a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
    
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11. carnival
    carnival, communal celebration, especially the religious celebration in Catholic countries that takes place just before Lent. Since early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in pre-Christian pagan rites, particula...
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12. Carnival
    Carnival is traditionally the feast or season of rejoicing before Lent, observed in Catholic countries with much revelry and merriment. The name comes from Low Latin carnelevamen for carnis levamen, solace of the flesh or body, feasting permitted in anticipation of any fast. Carnival observances dec...
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13. Carnival
    In its general and universal sense, carnival is the great festival of life, the renewal of life in the spring and is a cultural religious celebration in many civilizations. Such festivities were naturally expressed in dance, music, masquerades, and erotic revelry. Latter-day forms were considerably ...
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14. Carnival
    `Carnival` is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations,...
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15. Carnival
    (EP) `Carnival` is a dance music EP by Duran Duran, originally released in various markets around the world in September 1982 by EMI. Background: As part of Capitol`s shift in marketing strategy for Duran Duran to develop into a dance band over the course of 1982 (in a bid to shift mor...
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16. Carnival
    (arcade game) `Carnival` is a fixed shooter arcade game created by 1980-->, and has the distinction of being the first video game with a bonus round. It is similar to 1977--> Circus (video game)|Circus arcade game. The goal is to shoot at targets, while carefully avoiding runnin...
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17. Carnival
    (disambiguation) `Carnival` is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent. Traveling entertainment: Annual celebrations: Patrimony of humanity (UNESCO): Other carnivals: Literature: Classical music: Popular music: Songs: Albums and other musical series: Bands: Record labels: Organi...
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18. Carnival
    (novel) `Carnival` (2005), by Robert Antoni, is a reworking of Ernest Hemingway`s novel The Sun Also Rises. Though Antoni does draw heavily from the activities of the characters from "The Sun Also Rises", Carnival describes the sense of displacement and illusion...
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19. Carnival
    (Kasey Chambers album) | Name = Carnival | Type = studio | single 1 = Nothing At All | single 1 date = July 2006 | single 2 = Surrender | single 2 date = December 2006 | single 3 = Sign on the Door | single 3 date = 2007 --> --> `Carnival` is the fourth studio album from Australian sin...
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20. Carnival
    (The Pillows song) `"Carnival"` is a song and single by The Pillows. It was used as the ending theme for Count Down TV`s July month. "CARNIVAL" and "Come Down" were featured in the OVA FLCL. Track listing: #"CARNIVAL" #"Curly Rudy" #"Come Down"
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21. Carnival
    (Natalie Merchant song) `"Carnival"` is a 1995 song written and produced by singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and was the lead single from her debut solo album Tigerlily. The single was released to U.S. airwaves in the summer of 1995 and went straight to the number 10 spot o...
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22. Carnival
    (Bottom episode) `Carnival` is the sixth and final episode of the third and final series of British television sitcom Bottom. It was first broadcast on 10 February 1995. Synopsis: The episode opens with Richie and Eddie sitting in "The best seats for the annual Hammersmith riot&qu...
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