English > public holiday: 1 sense > noun 1, time| Meaning | authorized by law and limiting work or official business. |
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| Synonyms | legal holiday, national holiday |
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| Narrower | Bastille Day, 14 July | A legal holiday in France celebrating the storming / storming of the Paris bastille in 1789 |
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| Boxing Day | First weekday after Christmas |
| Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25 | A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ |
| Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12 | A legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus |
| Commonwealth Day, Empire day, May 24 | British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth |
| Dominion Day, July 1 | A legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867 |
| Independence Day, Fourth of July, July 4 | A legal holiday in the United States |
| Labor Day | First Monday in September in the United States and Canada |
| Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Martin Luther King Day | observed on the Monday closest to January 15 |
| Memorial Day, Decoration Day | legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May |
| New Year's Day, New Year's, January 1 | The first day of the year |
| Presidents' Day | The third Monday in February |
| Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day | Fourth Thursday in November in the United States |
| Veterans Day, Veterans' Day, Armistice Day, November 11 | A legal holiday in the United States |
| Victoria Day | A public holiday in Canada on the Monday on or before May 24th |
| bank holiday | Any of several weekdays when banks are closed |
| Broader | holiday | A day on which work is suspended by law or custom |
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| Spanish | fiesta nacional |
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| Catalan | dia festiu, festa nacional |
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