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OCTOBER 12
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
Synonyms:
Columbus Day; Discovery Day; October 12
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("October 12" is a kind of...):
legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)
Holonyms ("October 12" is a part of...):
Oct; October (the month following September and preceding November)
Context examples:
These two titans of the solar system won’t stop there—they will meet two more times later in the year, on July 27 and October 12.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
These two planets, Neptune and Jupiter, will be in perfect alignment this month on February 20, and then again on July 27 and October 12.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)