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Meanings of mardi gras in English
Catalan
dimarts de carnestoltes Spanish
martes de carnaval A carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans.
Synonyms
Examples for "Fat Tuesday"
Examples for "Fat Tuesday"
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Because of this year's early March 27th Easter, Fat Tuesday arrives tomorrow.
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Thus, their Fat Tuesday passed with some sadness, some gaiety, and much optimism.
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Shake remembered: Fat Tuesday was in two days.
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Everyone wore colorful costumes, gold masks, shiny beads and ostrich feathers: it was always Fat Tuesday here.
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Mardi Gras, which is French for Fat Tuesday, comes the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent on the Catholic calendar.
Usage of mardi gras in English
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Sydney mardi gras participants walk past police during the 2015 parade.
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In fact, the number of foreign flags in interface areas has taken on mardi gras proportions.
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All day a sunny Cardiff was like Rio during carnival; New Orleans during mardi gras; Stradbally during the Electric Picnic.
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The area around Temple Bar will become a kind of mardi gras location and there will be fireworks in the sky.
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February to May is peak season thanks to sunny days, temperate weather and big events such as mardi gras and Jazz Fest.
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The couple lived in Australia in 2008 and marched in the Sydney mardi gras with Kings Cross religious organisation the Wayside Chapel.
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It is just one of the warnings to thousands of students taking part in O-week activities that range from campus tours to mardi gras.
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Then there's the mardi gras Indians regaled in the most fabulous feathered headdress who march through Treme to the beat of their own rhythm.
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Its place is in history books and in rich mardi gras material: not in the realpolitik would of the European (less Bosnia) community.
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LIMERICK'S MARKET Quarter will echo with music and enjoy a carnival atmosphere when the city's newest downtown area hosts a spectacular mardi gras street party.
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An estimated 40,000 people attended the mardi gras in Ballina last Saturday night as part of the local Street and Art Week Festival.
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Like New Orleans, Mobile Mardi Gras celebrations continued along racially divided lines.
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It's like a mix of Mardi Gras and New Years Time Square.
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Numbers do not tell the full story of Mardi Gras, locals say.
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He married Margaret Templeton, a New Orleans socialite and Mardi Gras Queen.
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New Orleans, home of the Mardi Gras, of little lives, unknown names.
Translations for mardi gras
Spanish
Portuguese