Thanksgiving
holiday in various countries
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Summary
Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States[1]. Thanksgiving draws 33,940 Wikipedia views per month (federal holiday in the united states category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Canada[3]
- Instance of: public holidays in Canada[4]
- Location: United States[5], Canada[6], Liberia[7], Saint Lucia[8], Norfolk Island[9], Brazil[10]
- Subclass of: harvest festival[11]
- Commons category: Thanksgiving[12]
- Has part(s): Thanksgiving dinner[13], Thanksgiving[14]
- Coordinate location: 39.828175, -98.5795[15]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: second Monday in October[16], fourth Thursday in November[17], last Wednesday in November[18], first Thursday in November[19], first Monday in October[20]
- Foods traditionally associated: turkey meat[21], gravy[22], stuffing[23], mashed potato[24], green bean casserole[25], pumpkin pie[26], cranberry sauce[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Thanksgiving[28]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Thanksgiving[29]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], The New Student's Reference Work[32], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[33]
- Different from: Q9248779[34]
- Hashtag: thanksgiving[35]
Why It Matters
Thanksgiving has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Thanksgiving is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]