Columbus Day
NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATING THE ARRIVAL IN AND SUBSEQUENT COLONIZATION OF THE AMERICAS BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Dia de la Raza; Día de la Resistencia Indígena; Discoverer's Day; Día de la Raza; Día de la Hispanidad; Indigenous Resistance Day; Day of Indigenous Resistance; Day of the Race; Dia de la raza; Colombus day; Columbus Day 2007; Dia de la Hispanidad; Dia de la Resistencia Indigena; Columbus day; Día de las Culturas; Festa Nacional de España or Día da Hispanidade; Día da Hispanidade; Festa Nacional de España; Espainiako Jai Nazionala; Hispanitate Eguna; Espainiako Jai Nazionala or Hispanitate Eguna; Dia de la Hispanitat; Festa Nacional d'Espanya; Fiesta Nacional de España or Día de la Hispanidad; Festa Nacional d'Espanya or Dia de la Hispanitat; Día de las Américas; El Día de la Hispanidad; Hispanic Day; Christopher Columbus day; Day of the Americas; Columbus Day (Honduras); Fiesta de la Raza Española; Fiesta de la raza española; Italian Heritage Day
·add. ·- The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it "San Salvador";
- called also Discovery Day. This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States.