national holiday

noun

A statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself.

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National Daylegal holidaypublic holiday
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Meanings

nounnational holiday (plural national holidays)

plural national holidays

  1. A statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself.

    Synonyms: National Day

  2. A public holiday.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself.

Similar
National Day

More synonyms by meaning

nounauthorized by law and limiting work or official business

Similar
legal holidaypublic holiday
Broader
holiday
Also see
holidaylegal holidaypublic holiday

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian национа́лен пра́зник
  • национа́лен пра́зник (nacionálen práznik)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Catalan festa nacional
  • festa nacionalstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Chinese Mandarin 國慶日 /国庆日, 國慶 /国庆
  • 國慶日 /国庆日 (guóqìngrì)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • 國慶 /国庆 (guóqìng)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • 國家節日 /国家节日 (guójiā jiérì)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Czech státní svátek
  • státní svátekstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Danish nationaldag
  • nationaldagstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Estonian rahvuspüha
  • rahvuspühastatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Finnish kansallispäivä, kansallinen vapaapäivä
  • kansallispäivästatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • kansallinen vapaapäiväpublic holiday
French fête nationale, jour férié
  • fête nationalestatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • jour fériépublic holiday
German Nationalfeiertag, Feiertag
  • Nationalfeiertagstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • Feiertagpublic holiday
  • nationaler Feiertagpublic holiday
Greek εθνική εορτή, εθνική γιορτή
  • εθνική εορτή (ethnikí eortí)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • εθνική γιορτή (ethnikí giortí)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Hungarian nemzeti ünnep
  • nemzeti ünnepstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Icelandic þjóðhátíðardagur
  • þjóðhátíðardagurstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Italian festa nazionale
  • festa nazionalestatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Japanese 国家の日
  • 国家の日 (kokka no hi)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Korean 국경일
  • 국경일 (gukgyeong'il)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Lithuanian valstybinė šventė
  • valstybinė šventėstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Polish święto narodowe, święto państwowe
  • święto narodowestatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • święto państwowestatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Portuguese feriado nacional
  • feriado nacionalstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Romanian sărbătoare națională
  • sărbătoare naționalăstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Russian национа́льный пра́здник, госуда́рственный пра́здник
  • национа́льный пра́здник (nacionálʹnyj prázdnik)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • госуда́рственный пра́здник (gosudárstvennyj prázdnik)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Slovak štátny sviatok
  • štátny sviatokstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Spanish fiesta nacional
  • fiesta nacionalstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Turkish millî bayram, ulusal bayram
  • millî bayramstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • ulusal bayramstatutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Ukrainian націона́льне свя́то, держа́вне свя́то
  • націона́льне свя́то (nacionálʹne svjáto)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
  • держа́вне свя́то (deržávne svjáto)statutory holiday enacted by a country to commemorate the country itself
Cite this entry
APA

national holiday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/national%20holiday

MLA

“national holiday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/national%20holiday. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “national holiday,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/national%20holiday.

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