Meanings
nounnational day (plural national days)
plural national days
- A day marking a country's establishment as a sovereign entity, typically a celebration of its independence, revolution or former ruler.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic يَوْم وَطَنِيّ
- يَوْم وَطَنِيّ (yawm waṭaniyy)day marking a country's establishment
Bulgarian национа́лен пра́зник
- национа́лен пра́зник (nacionálen práznik)day marking a country's establishment
Chinese Mandarin 國慶 /国庆, 國慶日 /国庆日
- 國慶 /国庆 (guóqìng)day marking a country's establishment
- 國慶日 /国庆日 (guóqìngrì)day marking a country's establishment
Czech státní svátek
- státní svátekday marking a country's establishment
Danish nationaldag
- nationaldagday marking a country's establishment
Dutch nationale feestdag
- nationale feestdagday marking a country's establishment
Estonian rahvuspüha
- rahvuspühaday marking a country's establishment
Finnish kansallispäivä
- kansallispäiväday marking a country's establishment
French fête nationale
- fête nationaleday marking a country's establishment
German Nationalfeiertag
- Nationalfeiertagday marking a country's establishment
Greek εθνική γιορτή
- εθνική γιορτή (ethnikí giortí)day marking a country's establishment
Hindi राष्ट्रीय दिवस
- राष्ट्रीय दिवस (rāṣṭrīya divas)day marking a country's establishment
Icelandic þjóðhátíðardagur
- þjóðhátíðardagurday marking a country's establishment
Italian festa nazionale
- festa nazionaleday marking a country's establishment
Japanese 建国記念日, 国民の祝日
- 建国記念日 (kenkoku kinenbi)day marking a country's establishment
- 国民の祝日 (kokumin no shukujitsu)day marking a country's establishment
Korean 국경일, 국경절
- 국경일 (gukgyeong'il)day marking a country's establishment
- 국경절 (gukgyeongjeol)day marking a country's establishment
Malay hari kebangsaan
- hari kebangsaanday marking a country's establishment
Norwegian Bokmål nasjonaldag
- nasjonaldagday marking a country's establishment
Polish święto narodowe, święto państwowe
- święto narodoweday marking a country's establishment
- święto państwoweday marking a country's establishment
Romanian zi națională
- zi naționalăday marking a country's establishment
Russian национа́льный пра́здник, госуда́рственный пра́здник
- национа́льный пра́здник (nacionálʹnyj prázdnik)day marking a country's establishment
- госуда́рственный пра́здник (gosudárstvennyj prázdnik)day marking a country's establishment
Slovak štátny sviatok
- štátny sviatokday marking a country's establishment
Spanish día nacional
- día nacionalday marking a country's establishment
Swedish nationaldag
- nationaldagday marking a country's establishment
Thai วันชาติ
- วันชาติ (wan-châat)day marking a country's establishment
Ukrainian націона́льне свя́то, держа́вне свя́то
- націона́льне свя́то (nacionálʹne svjáto)day marking a country's establishment
- держа́вне свя́то (deržávne svjáto)day marking a country's establishment
Urdu قَومِی دِن
- قَومِی دِن (qaumī din)day marking a country's establishment
Vietnamese ngày quốc khánh
- ngày quốc khánhday marking a country's establishment
Cite this entry
APA
national day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/national%20day
MLA
“national day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/national%20day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “national day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/national%20day.
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