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common year
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common year
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noun
an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.
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leap year
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Origin of common year
First recorded in 1905–10
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Why Do We Have Leap Year?
In order to keep the calendar cycle synchronized with the seasons, one extra day is (usually) added every four years as February 29. How did this come to be?
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