Navidad

Spanish

proper noun
Definitions
  • Nativity; the birth of Jesus Christ
  • Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
  • (sometimes used in the plural) Christmastide, Christmas time, Christmas season, the time between the first day of Christmas and Epiphany
  • Navidad (city in Chile)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nadvidad derived from Latin nātīvitātem.

Origin

Latin

nātīvitātem

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