J'Ouvert


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
J'Ouvert /dʒuːˈveɪ/
noun (in the Caribbean) the official start of carnival, at dawn on the Monday preceding Lent.
– origin Fr. Creole, from Fr. jour ouvert ‘day opened’.
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