Meanings
plural public holidays
- A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.
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Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its policy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must 'stand firm' against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma include opposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.
More synonyms by meaning
nounauthorized by law and limiting work or official business
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic عُطْلَة رَسْمِيَّة, إِجَازَة عَامَّة
- عُطْلَة رَسْمِيَّة (ʕuṭla rasmiyya)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- إِجَازَة عَامَّة (ʔijāza ʕāmma)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Bulgarian официа́лен пра́зник, пра́зник
- официа́лен пра́зник (oficiálen práznik)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- пра́зник (práznik)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Chinese Mandarin 公眾假期 /公众假期, 公共假期
- 公眾假期 /公众假期 (gōngzhòng jiàqī)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 公共假期 (gōnggòng jiàqī)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 公定假日 (gōngdìng jiàrì)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 假期 (jiàqī)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 假日 (jiàrì)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 公休 (gōngxiū)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 公休日 (gōngxiūrì)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Czech svátek, státní svátek
- sváteknational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- státní sváteknational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Esperanto festotago
- festotagonational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Estonian riigipüha
- riigipühanational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Finnish yleinen vapaapäivä, kansallinen vapaapäivä
- yleinen vapaapäivänational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- kansallinen vapaapäivänational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
French fête légale, jour férié
- fête légalenational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- jour fériénational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- fêtenational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
German Feiertag, gesetzlicher Feiertag
- Feiertagnational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- gesetzlicher Feiertagnational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Japanese 祝日, 祭日
- 祝日 (shukujitsu)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 祭日 (saijitsu)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 休日 (kyūjitsu)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 公休 (kōkyū)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 公休日 (kōkyūbi)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Korean 공휴일, 공휴
- 공휴일 (gonghyuil)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- 공휴 (gonghyu)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Malay cuti umum
- cuti umumnational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Norwegian Bokmål fridag
- fridagnational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Polish święto, dzień wolny od pracy
- świętonational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- dzień wolny od pracynational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Portuguese feriado
- feriadonational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Romanian sărbătoare legală
- sărbătoare legalănational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Russian обще́ственный пра́здник, госуда́рственный пра́здник
- обще́ственный пра́здник (obščéstvennyj prázdnik)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- госуда́рственный пра́здник (gosudárstvennyj prázdnik)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- пра́здник (prázdnik)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Slovak štátny sviatok, sviatok
- štátny sviatoknational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- sviatoknational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Spanish fiesta legal, festivo
- fiesta legalnational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- festivonational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- feriadonational or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Ukrainian держа́вне свя́то, свя́то
- держа́вне свя́то (deržávne svjáto)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
- свя́то (svjáto)national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
Cite this entry
public holiday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20holiday
“public holiday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20holiday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public holiday,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20holiday.
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