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Bastille Day

Bastille Day proper noun: the French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".

Proper noun

Bastille Day

  1. The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".

Questions about Bastille Day

What does Bastille Day mean?
Bastille Day means the French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".
What part of speech is Bastille Day?
Bastille Day is a proper noun.

Words near Bastille Day in the dictionary

  1. bastile
  2. bastiled
  3. bastiles
  4. bastiling
  5. bastille
  6. Bastille Day
  7. bastilled
  8. bastilles
  9. bastilling
  10. bastillion
  11. bastillions

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