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CEILIDH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ceilidh mean? 

CEILIDH (noun)
  The noun CEILIDH has 1 sense:

1. an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story tellingplay

  Familiarity information: CEILIDH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CEILIDH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("ceilidh" is a kind of...):

party (an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)


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