(also Id ) / iːd; NAmE / noun
one of the two main Muslim festivals, either Eid ul-Fitr /ˌi:d ʊl ˈfɪtrə/ at the end of Ramadan, or Eid ul-Adha /ˌi:d ʊl ˈɑ:də/ which celebrates the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca and Abraham's sacrifice of a sheep
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WORD ORIGIN
from Arabic 'īd feast, from Aramaic .