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INTERCALARY YEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intercalary year mean?
• INTERCALARY YEAR (noun)
The noun INTERCALARY YEAR has 1 sense:
1. a calendar year with an extra day added in February
Familiarity information: INTERCALARY YEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A calendar year with an extra day added in February
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
366 days; bissextile year; intercalary year; leap year
Hypernyms ("intercalary year" is a kind of...):
twelvemonth; year; yr (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days)
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