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Columbus Day
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Columbus Day
(noun)
Columbus Day
/kə
ˈ
lʌmbəs-/
noun
Columbus Day
/kə
ˈ
lʌmbəs-/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of COLUMBUS DAY
[
singular
]
:
the second Monday in October observed as a legal holiday in many states of the U.S. in honor of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Bahamas in 1492
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