New Year

Summary

New Year is a calendar date^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• New Year is on the continent of Americas^[3].
• New Year is on the continent of Europe^[4].
• New Year is on the continent of Asia^[5].
• New Year is on the continent of Africa^[6].
• New Year is on the continent of Oceania^[7].
• New Year's instance of is recorded as calendar date^[8].
• New Year followed New Year's Eve^[9].
• New Year followed Saint Sylvester's Day^[10].
• New Year followed Lunar New Year's Eve^[11].
• New Year is a type of calendar date^[12].
• New Year is a type of recurring event^[13].
• New Year is part of New Year celebrations^[14].
• New Year is part of Christmas and holiday season^[15].
• New Year's Commons category is recorded as New Year^[16].
• New Year's said to be the same as is recorded as beginning of the year^[17].
• New Year's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as January 1^[18].
• New Year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Year celebrations^[19].
• New Year's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q14614983^[20].
• New Year's facet of is recorded as calendar system^[21].
• New Year's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[22].
• New Year's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• New Year's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• New Year's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• New Year's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].
• New Year's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

New Year's instance of is recorded as calendar date^[8]. Recorded subclass of include calendar date^[12] and recurring event^[13].

Use and Application

Part of include New Year celebrations^[14], a holiday^[28] and Christmas and holiday season^[15], an annual event^[29].

Influence

Things named for New Year include January^[30], a calendar month^[31]; New Year's Day^[32], a public holiday^[33]; Venice New Year's Concert^[34], a concert^[35], in Italy^[36], founded in 2004^[37]; and New Year's Eve^[38], a holiday^[39].

Why It Matters

New Year has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for it include January^[30], a calendar month^[31]; New Year's Day^[32], a public holiday^[33]; Venice New Year's Concert^[34], a concert^[35], in Italy^[36], founded in 2004^[37]; and New Year's Eve^[38], a holiday^[39].