# Songkran

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #95,434

## Definitions
1. The traditional New Year celebrated in several Southeast Asian countries when the sun enters the constellation of Aries.

## Etymology
From Thai สงกรานต์ (sǒng-graan), from Sanskrit सङ्क्रान्ति (saṅkrānti, “transmigration of the Sun from one sign of the zodiac (Rāshi) to the next”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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