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Once a year, we are delighted by snowflakes tickling our cheeks and snowmen smiling at us, as if the whole world was as lovely as this season. In other places, people might be getting a tan in the beach or making sandcastles. If you look in the dictionary it will simply say winter means “coldest month of the year” but winter is much more than that. Winter is a time to play and sing, a time to celebrate and cheer, a time to remember. As you travel the world, you hear other languages being spoken, languages you don’t know. How do you say the word winter in other languages?

Norwegian - vinter

Italian - inverno

Danish - vinter

French - hiver

Finnish - Talvi-

Hawaiian - Hoolio

Portuguese - Inverno

Javanese - mangsa

Romanian - iarnă

Bosnian - Zima

Cebuano - Tingtugnaw

Hausa - hunturu

Samoan - tau mālūlū

Vietnamese - mùa đông

How to say

Winter!

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