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historic

historic: listen to British English pronunciationhistoric: listen to American pronunciation /hɪˈstɒrɪk/ adjective

Definition

important in history or likely to be important in history:
historic buildings
a historic day/moment
(Definition of historic adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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