Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.

A holiday in many countries to welcome the New Year of the Gregorian calendar on January 1.

A vow that one makes on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day for the coming year.

(formal) A title of respect used to address a prince or princess. / (informal, sarcastic) A sarcastic term of address to anyone who is (or is acting) pompous or bossy.

(Britain, humorous) Your Majesty.

(formal) A term of address used in direct address to a monarch of higher rank than a prince, such as a king, queen, emperor, or empress.

(formal) you (in direct address to such a monarch)

A period covering the first few days of a calendar year. / In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

(astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.

A unit of area (abbreviation sq yd or sq. yd.) equal to the area of a square the sides of which are one yard long (i.e. 3 feet by 3 feet or 9 square feet).