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Co·lum·bus Day
/kəˈlʌmbəs-/
哥倫布節
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Co·lum·bus Day
The
12th
day
of
October
,
on
which
day
in
1492
Christopher
Columbus
discovered
America
,
landing
on
one
of
the
Bahama
Islands
(
probably
the
one
now
commonly
called
Watling
Island
),
and
naming
it
“San Salvador”
; --
called
also
Discovery Day
.
This
day
is
made
a
legal
holiday
in
many
States
of
The
United
States
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Columbus
Day
n
:
a
legal
holiday
commemorating
the
discovery
of
America
by
Christopher
Columbus
[
syn
:
Discovery Day
,
October 12
]
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