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national holiday

noun

  1. a holiday that is observed throughout a nation.
  2. a holiday that is legally established by a national government rather than by a municipal or state government.


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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of national holiday1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Australia Day is a national holiday that is held each year on 26 January - the anniversary of Britain's First Fleet landing at Sydney Cove in 1788.

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So we’re fortunate to have a national holiday dedicated to showing appreciation, reminding us to seek the good in our fellow Americans, our shared experiences and ourselves.

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It was timed to fall between a national holiday and the weekend, on a day that many people in South Korea planned to take as vacation.

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President Richard Nixon made Father’s Day a national holiday in 1972.

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The vast majority of the nearly 28 million registered voters in the country of 62 million are expected to go to the polls across South Africa’s nine provinces on Wednesday, which is a national holiday.

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