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bachanalijka

//ba.xa.naˈlij.ka//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

bachanalijka is the diminutive form of bachanalia — “Bacchanalia (a feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus)”.

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Definitions of bachanalia noun · /ba.xaˈna.lja/

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  1. 1.Bacchanalia (a feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus)
  2. 2.Bacchanalia (a drunken feast)(literary)

Etymology of bachanalia

Learned borrowing from Latin Bacchānālia.

Etymology

From bachanalia + -ka.

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