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Mayday   /mˈeɪdeɪ/   Listen
Mayday

noun
1.
An internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider).





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"Mayday" Quotes from Famous Books



... to for the purpose mentioned above were All Hallow Eve, S. John's Eve, and Mayday Eve, but there were other times also when the lovesick could get a glimpse ...
— Welsh Folk-Lore - a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales • Elias Owen
... Mayday, Mayday. Captain Kivelson, Javelin, calling. My ship was wrecked by an explosion; all hands now in scout boat, proceeding toward Sancerre Bay, on course south-by-southwest from the wreck. Locator signal is being broadcast ...
— Four-Day Planet • Henry Beam Piper


Words linked to "Mayday" :   distress call, distress signal


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