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Eid

[ eed ]

noun

  1. either of two Islamic festivals, Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Eid1

First recorded in 1695–1700; from Arabic ʿīd “festival, feast,” from Aramaic ʿed “day of assembly, feast day, festival”
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Example Sentences

Dr Eid Sabbah, Kamal Adwan Hospital's director of nursing, said the Israeli strike in Beit Lahia had completely destroyed several buildings, with "more than four, five residential blocks... razed to the ground".

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“We found zero cases of Alzheimer's among the entire adult population - it is remarkable,” Bolivian doctor Daniel Eid Rodríguez, a medical co-ordinator for the researchers, tells us.

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At the clinic where the scans take place, Dr Eid asks the elderly woman about their families as they prepare to be examined.

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“These people who reach the age of 80 were the ones who managed to survive a childhood full of diseases and infections,” says Dr Eid.

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Dr Eid says the use of boats with an outboard motor - known as peque-peque - is also bringing change.

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