Nowruz

Definitions of Nowruz
  1. noun
    (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox
    synonyms: Noruz, Nowrooz
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    March equinox
    March 21
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