imieniny
Language: Polish · [ˌimjɛˈɲinɨ] · Pronunciation: ee-myeh-NEE-nih
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Meaning
your name day, the feast of the saint you are named after
The story
Poles celebrate imieniny, the feast of the saint whose name they carry, and many make more of it than of their birthday. Calendars print the names for each day, so colleagues have no excuse. English has the name day, and very few people who keep it.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Polish
- When is it celebrated?
- On a date set by the church calendar
- Where would you hear it?
- Every Anna in the office gets flowers
- What does it mean?
- The feast of your namesake saint
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