CINCO DE MAYO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The fifth of May which is observed in Mexico and Mexican-American communities in the United States to commemorate the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862

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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Cinco de Mayo" is a kind of...):

day (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance)

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