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jack o'lantern
jack o'lantern
A pumpkin that has a face carved into it and is lit from within (usually by candles) so that the "face" glows. Typically used as a Halloween decoration. We're carving a jack o'lantern tonight so we can put it outside our door on Halloween.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Roan | | - | Frisian |
| Isak | | EE-sahk | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| Amata | | - | Late Roman |
| Thoukydides | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Alvise | | ahl-VEE-ze | Italian |
| Francisco | | frahn-THEES-ko (Spanish), frahn-SEES-ko (Latin American Spanish), frən-SEESH-koo (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |