Holi

Borrowed from Hindi होली (holī), from Sanskrit होला (holā).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhəʊliː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊli/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈhoːliː/, /hoːɭiː/

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Holi

1. A Hindu festival, held in the spring, during which people throw coloured powders at each other during noisy street celebrations.
   • 1830, Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood, Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, page 229:

     At the Hoolie or Spring Festival, which happened in March, the Sepoys came round in procession, and exhibited anautch for our amusement in front of our bungalow, and a sort of play, the performers enacting the part of wild beasts.

• Hilo, hi-lo

Holi m

1. (Hinduism) Holi (a spring festival)