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| assumption |
(cap.) in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and certain other Christian churches, the feast day that commemorates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Assumption is celebrated on August 15. [1/5 definitions] |
| Aug. |
abbreviation of "August." |
| August |
the eighth month of the year. August has thirty-one days. |
| Av |
the eleventh month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late July through early August in the Gregorian calendar. |
| dog days |
the hot, humid days of July and August, when the Dog Star, Sirius, rises and sets with the sun. |
| Elul |
the twelfth and last month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, occurring from late August through early September in the Gregorian calendar. |
| Hiroshima |
a city in southwest Honshu, Japan, on which the United States dropped an atomic bomb in August, 1945--the first use of a nuclear weapon in history. Hiroshima has been rebuilt and is a thriving city. |
| Leo |
a person born under this sign, between July 21 and August 20. [1/3 definitions] |
| Perseid |
any of numerous meteors visible in the night sky around mid-August each year. |
| transfiguration |
(cap.) such a transformation ascribed to Jesus Christ in the Bible, or the church festival celebrating this event, observed on August 6. [1/2 definitions] |
| Virgo |
the sixth sign of the zodiac, the Virgin, which the sun enters about August 21. [2/3 definitions] |
| V-J Day |
the day the Allied Forces won victory over Japan in World War II, either August 15, 1945, the day the fighting stopped, or September 2, 1945, the day the surrender was officially signed (acronym for "victory in Japan"). |
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