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KAHN-ivl/ˈkɑːnɪvl/

A carnival is a public festival with music, processions, and often costumes: a street carnival; carnival season. Festival and parade are close twins; fete is a British local fundraising day. Date the carnival in the civic source, then the crowd figure. Mix-up: carnival vs carnal; caravan; do not write carnival for a fairground slogan with no civic date.

Meaning

A public festival with music, processions, and often costumes.

Examples

• “Date the carnival in the civic source, then the crowd figure, not a fairground slogan.”
• “Notting Hill Carnival featured in the citizenship case, which is the named-festival sense — still quote the year.”

Good to know

a street carnival; carnival season / procession. Close: festival / parade / fete. Trap: carnal / caravan. Citizenship, geography, and media. A public festival with processions — name the place and the crowd figure.

Near in meaning

festival, parade, fete

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