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cinco de mayo

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Cin⋅co de Ma⋅yo

[Sp. seeng-kaw the mah-yaw]
–noun
a Mexican holiday marking the victory of Mexican troops over French forces in Puebla, Mexico, on May 5, 1862.

Origin:
< Sp: May 5
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Cin·co de Ma·yo   (sēng'kō də mä'yō)   
n.  May 5, observed by Mexican communities in Latin America and Mexican-American communities in the United States in commemoration of the 1862 defeat of French troops at the Battle of Puebla.

[Spanish : cinco, five + de, of + Mayo, May.]
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