Definitions for columbus day
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1. Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12noun

   a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

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1. Columbus Daynoun

   A US national holiday celebrated on the second Monday in October, for Christopher Columbus' discovery.

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1. columbus day

   Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on October 12, 1492. It is observed on the second Monday in October. The day is celebrated in various ways, including parades and community events, although it is a subject of controversy and is not observed by all U.S. states due to its connection to the mistreatment of Native American people.

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1. Columbus Day

   Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday. The event is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza in many countries in Latin America, as Discovery Day in the Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, as Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural in Argentina, as Day of the Americas in Belize, and as Día de las Américas in Uruguay. These holidays have been celebrated unofficially since the late 18th century, and officially in various areas since the early 20th century.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of columbus day in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of columbus day in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of columbus day in a Sentence

1. James Lankford:

   Trump Trump's interesting. I do find some people saying they're trying to out Trump Trump, some people have a belief that conservatism is about who's angriest and who's loudest. I don't think that actually wins Columbus Day ; Columbus Day's a set of ideas that actually wins Columbus Day.

2. Evgeni Kostitsyn:

   Should we stop celebrating the Columbus day - the day when the first illegal immigrants entered America?

3. Ron Johnson:

   In response to a bipartisan effort to give federal workers another day of paid leave by designating Juneteenth a federal holiday, we have offered a counterproposal that does not put us further in debt, we support celebrating emancipation with a federal holiday, but believe we should eliminate a current holiday in exchange. We chose Columbus Day as a holiday that is lightly celebrated, and least disruptive to Americans’ schedules.

4. Lee Zeldin:

   My 16-year-old daughters, Mikayla and Arianna, were at our house doing homework, while my wife, Diana, and I were in the car, having just departed the Bronx Columbus Day Parade in Morris Park.

5. Roberto Mukaro Borrero:

   ...the bottom line is Columbus Day is just a celebration of genocide.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=columbus day
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Columbus_Day
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=columbus day