New Year

Summary

New Year is a calendar date^[1]. It draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (calendar_date category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• New Year's image is recorded as New Year 2016 in the city of Helsinki.jpg^[3].
• New Year's image is recorded as Ded Moroz 72.jpg^[4].
• New Year's continent is recorded as Americas^[5].
• New Year's continent is recorded as Europe^[6].
• New Year's continent is recorded as Asia^[7].
• New Year's continent is recorded as Africa^[8].
• New Year's continent is recorded as Oceania^[9].
• New Year's instance of is recorded as calendar date^[10].
• New Year's audio is recorded as Wa Loos Joseph boune anêye Mahin.ogg^[11].
• New Year's follows is recorded as New Year's Eve^[12].
• New Year's follows is recorded as Saint Sylvester's Day^[13].
• New Year's follows is recorded as Lunar New Year's Eve^[14].
• New Year's GND ID is recorded as 4358755-0^[15].
• New Year's subclass of is recorded as calendar date^[16].
• New Year's subclass of is recorded as recurring event^[17].
• New Year's part of is recorded as New Year celebrations^[18].
• New Year's part of is recorded as Christmas and holiday season^[19].
• New Year's Commons category is recorded as New Year^[20].
• New Year's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Fabricio Cardenas (Culex)-jour de l'an.wav^[21].
• New Year's said to be the same as is recorded as beginning of the year^[22].
• New Year's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 16792^[23].
• New Year's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05fdr^[24].
• New Year's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117938^[25].
• New Year's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 1^[26].
• New Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Year celebrations^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for New Year include January^[28], a calendar month^[29]; New Year's Eve^[30], a holiday^[31]; New Year's Day^[32], a public holiday^[33]; and Venice New Year's Concert^[34], a concert^[35], in Italy^[36], founded in 2004^[37].

Why It Matters

New Year draws 242 Wikipedia views per month (calendar_date category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for it include January^[28], a calendar month^[29]; New Year's Eve^[30], a holiday^[31]; New Year's Day^[32], a public holiday^[33]; and Venice New Year's Concert^[34], a concert^[35], in Italy^[36], founded in 2004^[37].