"Thanksgiving Day" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Thanksgiving Days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Thanksgiving Day}} Thanksgiving Day (plural Thanksgiving Days)
  1. (Canada) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October. Tags: Canada Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays Synonyms: Thanksgiving
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  2. (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. Tags: US Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays Synonyms: Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, T-Day
    Sense id: en-Thanksgiving_Day-en-noun-ezW7ZZaj Disambiguation of Calendar: 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Holidays: 41 42 17 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 43 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 42 16
  3. (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. Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays
    Sense id: en-Thanksgiving_Day-en-noun-PN7rz-WG Disambiguation of Calendar: 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Holidays: 41 42 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 43 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 42 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Harvest Festival, Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles, Black Friday, Advent Sunday (english: Christian religious day at the end of November)

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