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9/11
9/11 [ nn i lévv'n ] or 9-11 [ nn i lévv'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
events of 11 September 2001: the events of 11 September 2001, when planes hijacked by terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center in New York, damaged the Pentagon, and crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, with great loss of life
[< the US convention of representing dates with the month before the day]
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