Lunar New Year

Etymology
Lunar + New Year

Noun

 * 1) An annual holiday of several cultures that marks the beginning of a new year according to a lunar or lunisolar calendar, as opposed to a new year dictated by a solar calendar such as the Julian or Gregorian calendars.

Usage notes

 * In the western world, this term is commonly used to refer to the start of a lunar/lunisolar calendar other than the traditional Chinese calendar, such as Babylonian, Hindu, Islamic, and various other Old World systems. When referring to an East Asian culture's new year (such as Chinese, Mongolian, Korean, or Vietnamese), "Chinese New Year" is colloquially used regardless of nationality due to the Chinese being the most commonly known practitioners of a lunar calendar. Exception are the Japanese, who replaced their lunar calendar with the Gregorian following the Meiji Restoration.
 * In the 2010s and 2020s, "Lunar New Year" became used more often in English, particularly in the United States, to describe East Asian celebrations as it is considered more inclusive of various communities than "Chinese New Year".

Related terms

 * Chinese New Year

Translations

 * Arabic: رَأْس السَّنَة الصِّينِيَّة, عِيد الرَّبِيع
 * Betawi: lebaran cina
 * Burmese: တရုတ်နှစ်တစ်ကူး
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 新年, 農曆新年
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: kiinalainen uusivuosi
 * French:
 * Galician: aninovo chinés
 * Georgian: ჩინური ახალი წელი
 * German: chinesisches Neujahrsfest
 * Hindi: चीनी नववर्ष
 * Hungarian: kínai újév,, tavaszünnep
 * Indonesian: Imlek, hari raya Imlek,, tahun baru imlek, sincia
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: Қытай Жаңа жылы
 * Khmer: ចូលឆ្នាំចិន, នានិទាឃរដូវ
 * Korean: 춘절(春節), ,
 * Lao:, ປີໃໝ່ຈີນ, ປີໃໝ່ຫວຽດ
 * Lü:
 * Malay: Tahun Baru Cina, Raya Cina
 * Mongolian: Хятадын Шинэ Жил
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kinesisk nyttår
 * Portuguese: ano novo chinês
 * Russian: Кита́йский Но́вый год
 * Spanish: año nuevo chino
 * Tagalog: Bagong Taon ng mga Tsino
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Uyghur: چاغان, باھار بايرىمى
 * Vietnamese: (節元旦),, Tết ta, Tết âm lịch
 * Zhuang: cieng