New Year
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Summary
New Year is a public holiday[1]. It ranks in the top 0.86% of public holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,627 views/month, #2 of 232).[2]
Key Facts
- Continent: Americas[3], Europe[4], Asia[5], Africa[6], Oceania[7]
- Instance of: calendar date[8]
- Follows: New Year's Eve[9], Saint Sylvester's Day[10], Lunar New Year's Eve[11]
- Subclass of: calendar date[12], recurring event[13]
- Part of: New Year celebrations[14], Christmas and holiday season[15]
- Commons category: New Year[16]
- Said to be the same as: beginning of the year[17]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: January 1[18]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Портал:Новый год[19]
- Facet of: calendar system[20]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[26], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[27]
- Different from: Nový rok[28]
- Hashtag: HappyNewYear[29]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q21200271[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wiki Loves Popular Culture Brazil - Traditions, rituals and oral expressions[31]
- Related category: Category:New Year celebrations[32]
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Influence
Things named for New Year include January[33], a calendar month[34]; New Year's Eve[35], a holiday[36]; New Year's Day[37], a public holiday[38]; and Venice New Year's Concert[39], a concert[40], in Italy[41], founded in 2004[42].
Why It Matters
New Year has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for it include January[33], a calendar month[34]; New Year's Eve[35], a holiday[36]; New Year's Day[37], a public holiday[38]; and Venice New Year's Concert[39], a concert[40], in Italy[41], founded in 2004[42].