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Bacchanalia
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bacchanalia
English
Etymology
From en la Bacchānālia feast of Bacchus, plural of la Bacchānal a place devoted to Bacchus, from la Bacchus the god of wine, from en grc Βάκχος.
Pronunciation
en /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə/
Noun
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en Greek mythology A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
en by extension en bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.
Derived terms
en Bacchanalian
Translations
feast in honor of Bacchus
Albanian: sq bakanali f
Old Albanian: sq motÿlliξunavẹt m
Belarusian: be вакхана́лія m
Bulgarian: bg вакхана́лия f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 酒神節 jiǔshénjié
Finnish: fi bakkanaalit p
Franco-Provençal: frp bacchanales f-p
French: fr bacchanales f-p
Japanese: ja バッカス祭 バッカスさい, Bakkasu sai
Korean: ko 바카날리아, ko ^바커스 축제(祝祭)
Polish: pl bachanalia p
Russian: ru вакхана́лия f
Ukrainian: uk вакхана́лія f
drunken feast bacchanalia
References
en eponyms