Thanksgiving Day
English
editNoun
editThanksgiving Day (plural Thanksgiving Days)
- (Canada) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.
- Synonym: Thanksgiving
- (US) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God and to commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November.
- Synonyms: Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, T-Day
- (Grenada) A holiday to commemorate the invasion of Grenada by the United States and the overthrowing of the communist People's Revolutionary Government in 1983, celebrated annually on the 25th of October.
Translations
editThanksgiving — see Thanksgiving
See also
edit- Harvest Festival
- Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles
- Black Friday
- Advent Sunday (Christian religious day at the end of November)
Further reading
edit- Thanksgiving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia