Palm Sunday

English thumb|a church service on Palm Sunday, with many palm fronds Etymology From the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion. Originally en ang Palmsunnandæg or ang palm-ang sunnandæg. The current spelling dates to the 17th century. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Palm Sunday.wav Southern England Noun Palm Sunday en Q42236 The sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter. en Branch Sunday UK, obsolete Fig Sunday Flowering Sunday Passion Sunday rare, inexact en Holy Week < Eastertime en Holy Monday<id:Q3318164> ; Holy Tuesday<id:Q2395135> ; Holy Wednesday<id:Q386130> Good Wednesday<id:Q386130> Spy Wednesday<id:Q386130> ; Holy Thursday<id:Q106333> Maundy Thursday<id:Q106333> Green Thursday<id:Q106333> Sheer Thursday<id:Q106333> White Thursday<id:Q106333> ; Holy Friday<id:Q40317> Good Friday<id:Q40317> Black Friday<id:Q40317> Golden Friday<id:Q40317> Great Friday<id:Q40317> Pasch of the Cross<id:Q40317> ; Holy Saturday<id:Q186206> Black Saturday<id:Q186206> Translations the Sunday before Easter Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܐܘܿܫܲܥܢܹ̈ܐ m ʿēdā d-ošaʿnē Armenian: hy Ծաղկազարդ, hy ծառզարդար Basque: eu Erramu Igandea Belarusian: be Ве́рбная нядзе́ля f Bulgarian: bg цве́тница f Catalan: ca Diumenge de Rams m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 棕枝主日, cmn 聖枝主日 Czech: cs květná neděle f Danish: da palmesøndag c Dutch: nl Palmzondag m Esperanto: eo palmodimanĉo, eo palmofesto m Ewe: ee Debaya Kɔsiɖa Faroese: fo pálmasunnudagur m Finnish: fi palmusunnuntai French: fr Dimanche des Rameaux m Galician: gl Domingo de Ramos Georgian: ka ბზობა, ka ბაიაობა German: de Palmsonntag m, de Sonntag Palmarum m, de Palmarum-Sonntag m, de Palmarum m, de Palmtag m Greek: el Κυριακή των Βαΐων f Hindi: hi पाम रविवार Hungarian: hu virágvasárnap Hunsrik: hrx Palmesonntach m Icelandic: is pálmasunnudagur m Ido: io palmo-sundio Indonesian: id Minggu Palma Ingrian: izh Urpipäivä, izh Verba Irish: ga Domhnach na Pailme m, ga Domhnach na hImrime m, ga Domhnach an Iúir dated Italian: it Domenica delle Palme f Japanese: ja パームサンデー pāmu sandē Karelian: krl virpopyhäpäivä Korean: ko 종려주일(棕櫚主日) Latin: la Dominica palmarum f Latvian: lv Pūpolu diena Low German: German Low German: nds-de Palmsünndag m Macedonian: mk Цве́тници f-p Malayalam: ml ഹോശാന ഞായറാഴ്ച Maltese: mt Ħadd il-Palm Norman: nrf Desmanche des Rameaux m Guernsey, nrf Dînmanche des Rameaux m Jersey, nrf Pâque flieuthie f Jersey, nrf Pâques flleuries f-p continental Normandy Norwegian: Bokmål: nb palmesøndag m Nynorsk: nn palmesundag m, nn palmesøndag m Old English: ang Palmsunnandæġ m Old Norse: non palmasunnudagr m, non palmadróttinsdagr m Polish: pl Niedziela Palmowa f Portuguese: pt Domingo de Ramos m Romanian: ro Duminica Floriilor f Russian: ru ве́рбное воскресе́нье n Scottish Gaelic: gd Didòmhnaich Tùrnais m, gd Didòmhnaich Shlat-phailme m Serbo-Croatian: Latin: sh cvetnica f, sh cvjetnica f, sh cvetna nedelja f, sh cvjetna nedjelja f Slovak: sk kvetná nedeľa f Slovene: sl cvetna nedelja f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb palmica f Upper Sorbian: hsb bołmončka f, hsb njedźela palmarum f Spanish: es Domingo de Ramos m Swedish: sv palmsöndag c Tagalog: tl Linggo ng Palaspas, tl Linggo-de-Ramos Tamil: ta குருத்தோலைஞாயிறு, ta குருத்தோலைப்பெருநாள் Udi: udi заьраьзаьртаьр Ukrainian: uk Ве́рбна неді́ля f Urdu: ur کَھجُور کا اِتْوَار m Vietnamese: vi Chúa Nhật Lễ Lá Welsh: cy Sul y Blodau m Further reading en Calendar Christianity Easter