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national holiday
noun
- a holiday that is observed throughout a nation.
- a holiday that is legally established by a national government rather than by a municipal or state government.
Word History and Origins
Origin of national holiday1
Example Sentences
Lori Hanna, who co-runs a popular website Intoxicology.net, says national holiday posts have successfully reeled in new visitors.
Nor are these the only reasons for the objectionable nature of the 4th of July as a national holiday.
To the chagrin of these 40 courageous online petitioners and their hoops-hungry brethren, March Madness is not a national holiday.
So perhaps we should have a new national holiday, Israeli Interdependence Day, or Jewish World Interdependence Day.
In 1969, Castro famously cancelled Christmas as a national holiday.
He inferred that the blowing up of Lindsley's house was to finish the celebration of the national holiday.
The inauguration of the third president was made a national holiday throughout the country.
This was a national holiday, for an English spy was captured, and all natives of Boulogne were free of the guillotine to-night.
The day of his entry the Emir made, by public notice, a national holiday.
Every year since that date the anniversary of that auspicious day has been set aside for a national holiday.
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