leap year
noun
1
: a year in the Gregorian calendar containing 366 days with February 29 as the extra day
2
: an intercalary year in any calendar
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The Hebrew calendar includes a leap year, as do Buddhist and Chinese calendars.
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Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Leap day is an extra day added to the Gregorian Calendar every four years, leap year.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
Choosing February for the leap year dates back way before many modern-day countries were even formed.
—Joyce Orlando, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
Irish monks then took the tradition to Scotland, where the myth says a law was passed in 1288 by Queen Margaret allowing a woman to propose during a leap year.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
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Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Leap day is an extra day added to the Gregorian Calendar every four years, leap year.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
Choosing February for the leap year dates back way before many modern-day countries were even formed.
—Joyce Orlando, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
Irish monks then took the tradition to Scotland, where the myth says a law was passed in 1288 by Queen Margaret allowing a woman to propose during a leap year.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
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“Leap year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leap%20year. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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