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Definition: National Holiday |
National HolidayNoun1. Authorized by law and limiting work or official business. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: National HolidaySynonym: legal holiday (n). (additional references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "National holiday."
Crosswords: National Holiday |
| Specialty definitions using "national holiday": virtual Friday. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Philippines | The Government also declared the last day of Ramadan (Eid al-Fitr) a national holiday. (references) |
Economic History | Latvia | The national holiday is November 18, Independence Day. (references) |
Cuba (09/01) | In 1997 Christmas was officially recognized as a holiday for the first time since 1969 and the following year was permanently reinstated as a national holiday. (references) | |
Minorities | Nepal | Buddha's birthplace is an important pilgrimage site, and Buddha's birthday is a national holiday. (references) |
Philippines | Although Christian-Muslim relations remained strained, they improved during the year, due mainly to such Government actions as the renewed efforts to negotiate with the separatist MILF, the appointment of a Muslim cabinet secretary, the declaration of Eid al-Fitr as a national holiday, and increased assistance to Muslims making the Hajj. (references) | |
Travel | Japan | When a national holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a compensatory day. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | As one of our Nation's most outstanding leaders, it is appropriate that his birthday be commemorated as a national holiday. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
national holiday | 227 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "national holiday"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | nationalfeiertag. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 祝祭日 , 祭日 (festival day), 祝日 , ナイル鰐 (being interested only in the here and now without any regard for the future, knapsack, knuckle, knuckle ball, knuckle four, knuckle part, NASA, NASA fashion, NASDAQ, NASTAR ski, national, national ad, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, national atlas, national bank, national brand, National Center of Trade Unions, national chain, national character, national consensus, national convention, national costume, national game, national identity, national interest, National League, national minimum, national park, national prestige, national product, national project, national security, National Standard Race ski, National Trust, nationalism, nationalist, nationality, nationalization, Nationalsozialist, NATO, Natrium lamp, natural, natural cheese, natural color, natural foods, natural grip, natural science, natural selection, natural turn, natural wave, naturalism, naturalist, naturalistic, naturalization, naturalize, Nazi, Nazism, Nile crocodile, nine, no, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, nothing, now, now-now-ism, nugget, nut, nuts, nylon, sodium, trendy, up-to-date), 旗日 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ナショナルヘリデー , しゅくさいじつ, しゅくじつ, さいじつ (fast day, festival day), はたび. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ationalnay olidayhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | guarda nacional. (various references) | |
Spanish | fiesta nacional. (various references) | |
Swedish | folkfest. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-h-i-i-l-l-n-n-o-o-t-y" | |
-3 letters: inhalational. | |
-5 letters: inhalation, nationally, notionally. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 61 74 69 6F 6E 61 6C 48 6F 6C 69 64 61 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001000 01101111 01101100 01101001 01100100 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N a t i o n a l   H o l i d a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 006C 0048 006F 006C 0069 0064 0061 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4867867581806778242817875706791 |
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