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.

A patriotic song popular with the Americans in their Revolutionary War.

(slang, archaic) A native or inhabitant of the United States. / (slang, dated) An American citizen born on the 4th of July.

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.

(chiefly outside the US) A native or inhabitant of the United States. / (chiefly Southern US) A native or inhabitant of the Northern United States.

(dated, slang, US, Canada, sometimes offensive) to cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something

(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).

A wish said around the start of a new year to wish someone well for the New Year (holiday) or for the (entire) new year.