kermis
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kermis /ˈkəːmɪs/
▶noun
- 1 a summer fair held in towns and villages in the Netherlands.
- 2 US a fair or carnival, especially one held to raise money for a charity.
– origin C16: Du., orig. denoting a mass celebrated on the anniversary of the dedication of a church, when a fair was held, from kerk ‘church’ + mis ‘Mass’.
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