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"etymology_text": "Calque of Chinese 光棍節／光棍节 (guānggùnjié). From being a day for single people who are not in a relationship, the complement of Valentine's Day. From Chinese slang for a bachelor without familial branches being a stick, and the set of ones in the date of 11/11 being a set of sticks, a set of singles. Originating at the University of Nanjing in the 1990s as Bachelors' Day, and popularized as a shopping event day by Alibaba in the 2000s.",
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"November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide."
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"(holidays, countable) November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide."
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"word": "Armistice Day"
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{
"word": "Poppy Day"
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{
"word": "Remembrance Day"
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{
"word": "Veterans Day"
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"word": "Anti-Valentines Day"
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"sense": "a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11",
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"word": "光棍节"
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"word": "雙十一"
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"word": "Veterans Day"
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"November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide."
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"word": "Anti-Valentine Day"
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"word": "Anti-Valentine's Day"
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"word": "Anti-Valentines' Day"
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"word": "Anti-Valentines Day"
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"word": "Bachelor Day"
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"word": "Bachelors' Day"
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"word": "Singles Day"
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"sense": "a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11",
"word": "光棍節"
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"roman": "guānggùnjié",
"sense": "a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11",
"word": "光棍节"
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"sense": "a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11",
"word": "雙11"
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"sense": "a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11",
"word": "双11"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11",
"word": "雙十一"
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"roman": "Shuāngshíyī",
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"word": "双十一"
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