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Empire Day

Empire Day proper noun: 24 May, the birthday of Queen Victoria, observed annually from 1902 as a celebration of the British Empire, then superseded by Commonwealth Day in 1958.

Proper noun

Empire Day

  1. (historical) 24 May, the birthday of Queen Victoria, observed annually from 1902 as a celebration of the British Empire, then superseded by Commonwealth Day in 1958.

Questions about Empire Day

What does Empire Day mean?
Empire Day means 24 May, the birthday of Queen Victoria, observed annually from 1902 as a celebration of the British Empire, then superseded by Commonwealth Day in 1958.
What part of speech is Empire Day?
Empire Day is a proper noun.

Words near Empire Day in the dictionary

  1. Empire biscuit
  2. Empire biscuits
  3. Empire City
  4. Empire cookie
  5. Empire cookies
  6. Empire Day
  7. empire line
  8. Empire of China
  9. Empire of Japan
  10. Empire of Manchuria
  11. empire silhouette

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