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Mardi Gras
 
SYLLABICATION:Mar·di Gras
PRONUNCIATION:  märd grä
NOUN:1a. Shrove Tuesday, celebrated as a holiday in many places with carnivals, masquerade balls, and parades of costumed merrymakers. b. A carnival period coming to a climax on this day. 2. An occasion of great festivity and merrymaking.
ETYMOLOGY:French : mardi, Tuesday + gras, fat (from the feasting on Mardi Gras before Lenten fasting).
 
 
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