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June⋅teenth

  [joon-teenth]
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–noun
June 19, celebrated by African-Americans as the anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865.
Origin:
1935–40; June + (nine)teenth
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June·teenth   (jōōn-tēnth')   
n.  June 19, an African-American holiday commemorating the date in 1865 when many slaves in Texas learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863).
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Juneteenth

holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, observed annually on June 19.

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