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public holidays

public holidays is the plural of public holiday.

Meaning of public holiday

Noun

public holiday (plural public holidays)

  1. A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.
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Questions about public holidays

What is public holidays the plural of?
Public holidays is the plural of public holiday.

Words near public holidays in the dictionary

  1. public hearings
  2. public historian
  3. public historians
  4. public history
  5. public holiday
  6. public holidays
  7. public hotel
  8. public hotels
  9. public house
  10. public houses
  11. public housing

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