public holiday
C288
concept
A public holiday is a legally designated day on which work and school are generally suspended to allow the population to observe cultural, historical, religious, or national events.
All labels observed (66)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| public holiday canonical | 266 |
| holiday | 20 |
| holy day | 12 |
| national day of remembrance | 11 |
| public celebration | 8 |
| state holiday | 8 |
| South African public holiday | 6 |
| national celebration | 4 |
| secular holiday | 4 |
| Mexican holiday | 3 |
| cultural holiday | 3 |
| public holiday in Thailand | 3 |
| public holiday in Turkey | 3 |
| public holiday in many countries | 3 |
| public holiday observance | 3 |
| holiday period | 2 |
| labor holiday | 2 |
| national holiday law | 2 |
| public holiday in Ethiopia | 2 |
| public holiday in Myanmar | 2 |
| public holiday in Poland | 2 |
| public holiday in some countries | 2 |
| public holiday of Ukraine | 2 |
| public holiday period | 2 |
| Arkansas state holiday | 1 |
| Australian holiday | 1 |
| Canadian holiday | 1 |
| Indonesian national holiday | 1 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 |
| North Korean holiday | 1 |
| South Korean public holiday | 1 |
| Thanksgiving celebration | 1 |
| Ukrainian state holiday | 1 |
| United States holiday period | 1 |
| civic holiday | 1 |
| feriado cívico | 1 |
| feriado público | 1 |
| former public holiday | 1 |
| holiday in Ireland | 1 |
| holiday in the United Kingdom | 1 |
| national holiday of Quebec | 1 |
| national holiday period | 1 |
| professional holiday | 1 |
| public holiday (historical) | 1 |
| public holiday in Canada | 1 |
| public holiday in Ecuador | 1 |
| public holiday in El Salvador | 1 |
| public holiday in India | 1 |
| public holiday in Indonesia | 1 |
| public holiday in Italy | 1 |
| public holiday in Japan | 1 |
| public holiday in New Zealand | 1 |
| public holiday in Pakistan | 1 |
| public holiday in Peru | 1 |
| public holiday in Scotland | 1 |
| public holiday in South Korea | 1 |
| public holiday in Ukraine | 1 |
| public holiday in Uruguay | 1 |
| public holiday in Venezuela | 1 |
| public holiday in many Muslim-majority countries | 1 |
| public holiday in the Philippines | 1 |
| public holiday in the United States | 1 |
| public holiday of the Cherokee Nation | 1 |
| state holiday of Hawaii | 1 |
| statutory holiday | 1 |
| teachers' day | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: public holiday
Generated description
A public holiday is a legally designated day on which work and school are generally suspended to allow the population to observe cultural, historical, religious, or national events.
Instances (372)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Bonifacio Day | — |
| Day of Independence | — |
|
ANZAC Day (25 April)
surface form:
ANZAC Day
|
— |
| Czech Statehood Day | — |
| Chulalongkorn Day | — |
| Parents' Day | holiday |
| Norwegian Constitution Day | — |
| Festa della Repubblica | — |
| Poson Full Moon Poya Day | — |
| Jamaica Independence Day | — |
| Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guóqìngrì | — |
|
name refers to the double tens in the date 10/10
surface form:
Shuangshi Jie
|
holiday |
| Double 10 Day | — |
|
Golden Week
surface form:
Golden Week (China)
|
public holiday period |
| Golden Week in China | national holiday period |
| Kamehameha Day | — |
| Carnival Monday | public holiday observance |
| Grand Kadooment Day | — |
|
Visakha Bucha (in Thai)
surface form:
Visakha Bucha
|
public holiday in Thailand |
| Pakistan Day | — |
| Abolition of Slavery Day | — |
| Slovak Republic Day | — |