"9/11" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /naɪn.əˈlɛ.vən/ Audio: en-us-nine eleven.ogg [US] Forms: 11 [canonical]
Rhymes: -ɛvən Etymology: From the date September 11 written in numbers according the format used in the United States, which puts the month before the day. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} 11
  1. The date of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in the USA (September 11th, 2001). Categories (topical): History of the United States Translations (the attack on World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001): 9·11事件 (jiǔ-yāo-yāo shìjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 11. september (Danish), WTC-isku (Finnish), 11 septembre [masculine] (French), 11. September [masculine] (German), 9・11 (kyū ichi ichi) (Japanese), Onze de Setembro [masculine] (Portuguese), 11 de Setembro [masculine] (Portuguese), 11S (Spanish), 11-S (Spanish), 11 september-attackerna (Swedish), onbir eylül (Turkish), 11 eylül (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-9/11-en-name-tfJoIyM8 Disambiguation of History of the United States: 80 15 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English numeronyms, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 2 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 75 3 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 4 20 Disambiguation of English numeronyms: 78 5 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 3 18 Disambiguation of 'the attack on World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001': 92 8
  2. (metonymically) The attack itself. Tags: metonymically
    Sense id: en-9/11-en-name-5Wc--tvm Categories (other): English metonyms

Noun

IPA: /naɪn.əˈlɛ.vən/ Audio: en-us-nine eleven.ogg [US] Forms: 11 [canonical], 11s [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛvən Etymology: From the date September 11 written in numbers according the format used in the United States, which puts the month before the day. Head templates: {{en-noun}} 11 (plural 11s)
  1. An event comparable to 9/11. Categories (topical): Historical events Synonyms: 911, 9-11, nine-eleven Translations (an event comparable to 9/11): Onze de Setembro [masculine] (Portuguese), 11 de Setembro [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-9/11-en-noun-1TAvFekX Disambiguation of Historical events: 36 0 64

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "an event comparable to 9/11",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "11 de Setembro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "9/11"
}

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