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Definition: Groundhog Day |
Groundhog DayNoun1. (US) if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow there will be 6 more weeks of winter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Groundhog DaySynonym: February 2 (n). (additional references) |
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It has its roots in an ancient Celtic celebration called Imbolog. The date is one of the four quarter days of the year, the midpoints between the spring and fall equinoxes and the summer and winter solstice. [1] The day is known as Groundhog Day in North America. It is related to Candlemas and Imbolc.
Tradition states that one must observe a groundhog's burrow on this day. If the groundhog emerges and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end; however, if the groundhog sees its shadow because the weather is bright and clear, it will be frightened and run back into its hole, and the winter will continue for six more weeks. Certain small towns have celebrated meteorological groundhogs, such as Punxsutawney Phil and Wiarton Willie.
The first Groundhog Day was observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on February 2, 1887.
The U.S. tradition derived from a Scottish couplet:
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There is also a romantic comedy called Groundhog Day.
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity | Rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine; days of the week; Sunday, Monday; months of the year; January; feast, fast; Christmas, Easter, New Year's day; Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day; All Souls', All Souls' Day; Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day; yearbook; yuletide. |
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Screenplays | It's Groundhog Day. (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Well, it's Groundhog Day again (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) | |
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| Language | Translations for "Groundhog Day"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | gyertyaszentelő (woodchuck day). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | oundhoggray ayday | ||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dies. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-g-g-h-n-o-o-r-u-y" | |
-3 letters: groundhog. | |
-4 letters: hydragog. | |
-5 letters: aground, dragoon, gadroon, hangdog, organdy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 72 6F 75 6E 64 68 6F 67 44 61 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110010 01101111 01110101 01101110 01100100 01101000 01101111 01100111 00100000 01000100 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G r o u n d h o g   D a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0072 006F 0075 006E 0064 0068 006F 0067 0044 0061 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4184818780707481732386791 |
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