Noel (also spelled Nowell or Noël) (nəʊˈɛl) is an alternative word for Christmas. It first entered the English language in the 14th century. The word comes from Middle English noel, which derives from the Old French word noël and its more common form naël. The English spelling "Noël" is taken directly from modern French, which also derives from the Old French. The ultimate Latin origin is the phrase nātālis (diēs), "(day) of birth".
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... The village of Noel is named after Noel Doiron ... to the publication of academic scholarship on the namesake of the village of Noel (2008), the origin of the community's name was virtually unknown ... who arrived in the village created folklore that claimed that the village was named "Noel" (the French word for Christmas) because either the Acadians or the Irish first arrived in the village on Christmas day ...
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... Alfred Henry Noel (May 18, 1915 – October 16, 2004) was a Connecticut political figure most noted for his tenure as mayor of the town of Willimantic from 1969 to ... Noel was a lifelong resident of Connecticut who began his political career as Alderman-At-Large for the town in 1952 ... In 1969, Noel ran on the Democratic party ticket to win election as mayor of Willimantic ...
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Famous quotes containing the word noel:
“I can never get people to understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion, and that there is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The lapse of ages changes all things—time, language, the earth, the bounds of the sea, the stars of the sky, and every thing “about, around, and underneath” man, except man himself.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“Oh! snatch’d away in beauty’s bloom,
On thee shall press no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf shall roses rear
Their leaves, the earliest of the year;”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)