"leap year" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leap year [singular], leap years [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A leap year is a year with 366 days in the most commonly used Gregorian calendar. Leap years happen every four years.
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  2. A year with 13 months in certain lunisolar calendars
    Sense id: simple-leap_year-en-noun-sWHIVbDV
     
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