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Columbus Day

October 12, observed in the United States in commemoration of the landing by Christopher Columbus in 1492 in America. Columbus Day is now officially observed on the second Monday in October.

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Columbus Day

Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492

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Colum′bus Day`

a holiday honoring Columbus's landing in the West Indies on Oct. 12, 1492: observed variously in the U.S. on Oct. 12 or on the second Monday in October.

[1890–95, Amer.]

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Columbus Day - a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

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legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday - authorized by law and limiting work or official business

Oct, October - the month following September and preceding November

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