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CINCO DE MAYO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cinco de Mayo mean?
• CINCO DE MAYO (noun)
The noun CINCO DE MAYO has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: CINCO DE MAYO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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