Hogmanay
noun /ˈhɒɡməneɪ/, /ˌhɒɡməˈneɪ/
/ˈhɑːɡməneɪ/
[uncountable]- (in Scotland) New Year’s Eve (31 December) and the celebrations that happen on that dayTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: perhaps from hoguinané, Norman French form of Old French aguillanneuf ‘last day of the year, new year's gift’.