What is the meaning of halloween?

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Hallloween comes from the Pagen festival Samhain celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Other countries, including America began this tradition in the ninetenth century. The word halloween means \"all-hallow-even,\" but it has been shortened to Halloween.

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