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Walpurgis

American  
[vahl-poor-gis] / vɑlˈpʊər gɪs /
Also Walpurga

noun

  1. Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.


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The attack came on the eve of the Walpurgis spring festival, when large crowds are expected to descend on the streets of Uppsala, a university town north of Stockholm.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2025

The Walpurgis Night scene is dominated by an A-bomb.

From Seattle Times Mar. 22, 2013

He arrives in 1930s Moscow under the guise of conjuror Professor Woland to host his annual Walpurgis Night celebration: the "Spring Ball of the Full Moon".

From The Guardian Dec. 12, 2012

And Procol Harum: love ya, but your ruminations on light fandangos, ill-fitting homburgs and repenting Walpurgis will have to wait a bit longer for accolades.

From Time Oct. 10, 2012

The scene might have come out of the infernal regions or of a Witches’ Walpurgis Night.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers

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