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American Thanksgiving

/əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈθæŋkskɪvɪŋ/

American Thanksgiving proper noun: thanksgiving Day, an American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

Proper noun

American Thanksgiving

  1. (chiefly non-US) Thanksgiving Day, an American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
    • … then theoretically, you’ll cut your electric bill. I say theoretically because red days always seem to occur on American Thanksgiving (not a holiday in France), just when we want the oven for turkey and pies that will take exactly seven hours and twenty-seven minutes of the most expensive hours...2000, Rosanne Knorr, The Grown-Up’s Guide to Living in France http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=R7atQdT72pIC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&sig=-LWSb8QTiLpIt2Ort_Z-fmqUnnI
    • Bill came back to town for American Thanksgiving, and we spent the day tracking down the required entry visas.2004, Steven E Keenan, Sojourns in West Africa

Questions about American Thanksgiving

What does American Thanksgiving mean?
American Thanksgiving means thanksgiving Day, an American holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
What part of speech is American Thanksgiving?
American Thanksgiving is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce American Thanksgiving?
American Thanksgiving is pronounced /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈθæŋkskɪvɪŋ/.

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