calendimaggio

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Etymology

Contraction of calende di maggio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈlɛn.di.mad.d͡ʒo/

Noun

calendimaggio m

  1. May Day (the first day of May, or a spring festival held on that day)
    • 1902, Matilde Serao, Il paese di cuccagna: romanzo napoletano, p. 179:
      Calendimaggio è bello, in Napoli, per il soffio carezzoso dell'aria, per le vivide striscie di cielo azzurro […]
      May Day is beautiful, in Naples, because of the caressing breath of the air, the vivid stripes of blue sky […]
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