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.
See also: jack

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HjÖRtur-Icelandic
Nurullah-Arabic, Turkish
NacioNAH-thyo (Spanish), NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
Denisade-NEE-sah (Romanian)Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Gethsemanegeth-SEM-ə-nee (English)Biblical
Marisela-Spanish