national holiday
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concept
A national holiday is a legally recognized day of celebration or commemoration on which a nation collectively observes significant historical, cultural, or religious events, often with reduced work and school obligations.
Aliases (22)
- national day ×11
- commemorative event ×10
- commemorative observance ×8
- Japanese national holiday ×4
- Israeli holiday ×2
- United States national observance ×2
- commemoration ×2
- Afrikaner holiday ×1
- American holiday ×1
- Chinese national holiday ×1
- French national holiday ×1
- Indian national holiday ×1
- Irish national holiday ×1
- Israeli national holiday ×1
- Japanese holiday ×1
- Japanese public holiday ×1
- Serbian national holiday ×1
- Turkish national holiday ×1
- independence day ×1
- national memorial service ×1
- public holiday in Chile ×1
- public holiday in Portugal ×1
Instances (99)
- St. Patrick's Day ("Irish national holiday")
- Independence Day
- Patriots’ Day ("commemorative observance")
- Freedom Day (Portugal)
- V-J Day ("commemoration")
- Armistice Day ("commemorative observance")
- Constitution Day
- Tynwald Day ("national day")
- Dominican Republic
- St George's Day ("national day")
- National Day of Spain
- Portugal Day
- Holodomor Memorial Day ("commemorative observance")
- Foundation Day
- Day of Mourning ("commemorative observance")
- Showa Day ("Japanese national holiday")
- Culture Day ("Japanese national holiday")
- Tennō Tanjōbi
- Quaid-e-Azam Day (25 December)
- Independence Day (India)
- May Revolution Day
- Independence Day (9 July)
- Constitution Day
- Day of the Vow ("Afrikaner holiday")
- Independence Day
- Gandhi Jayanti ("Indian national holiday")
- Independence Day of Ukraine
- Spain
- Mexican Independence Day
- Republic Day
- Kigensetsu ("Japanese national holiday")
- Australia Day
- Patriot Day ("commemorative observance")
- Emperor’s Birthday ("Japanese national holiday")
- Day of the Sun
- National Sovereignty and Children’s Day
- Waitangi Day ("national day")
- Remembrance Sunday national service ("national memorial service")
- Great Union Day
- La Diada ("national day")
- Republic Day
- Independence Day of Pakistan
- Defence Day of Pakistan ("national day")
- King's Day
- August Kranti Day ("commemorative observance")
- Russia Day
- Fiestas Patrias
- Le Quatorze Juillet
- Einheitsfeier ("commemorative event")
- Double Ten Day ("national day")
- Day of Independence
- International Workers’ Day ("commemoration")
- Saint David's Day ("national day")
- Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day
- Army Day ("Chinese national holiday")
- Republic Day (Turkey)
- Atatürk Memorial Day ("commemorative observance")
- National Foundation Day ("Japanese public holiday")
- Independence Day
- National Heroes Day in Jamaica
- Bastille Day ("national day")
- German Unity Day
- Yom HaShoah ("Israeli national holiday")
- Yom Ha’atzmaut
- Thanksgiving Day
- Saint Sava Day ("Serbian national holiday")
- Jamhuri Day
- Patriots’ Day Parade in Lexington ("commemorative event")
- Victory Day
- Dia da Liberdade
- Patriots’ Day Parade in Concord ("commemorative event")
- National Day of Catalonia ("national day")
- Saint Andrew's Day ("national day")
- Canada Day
- Statehood Day of Serbia
- National Flag Week ("United States national observance")
- Czech Statehood Day
- Norwegian Constitution Day ("national day")
- Pakistan Day
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ("United States national observance")
- Rosa Parks Day ("American holiday")
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day ("commemorative event")
- Independence Day
- Slovak Republic Day