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In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood.
Lisa Morton

Meaning of "public holiday" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUBLIC HOLIDAY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUBLIC HOLIDAY

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conjunction
determiner
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Public holiday is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUBLIC HOLIDAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Public holiday

A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Sovereign nations and territories observe holidays based on events of significance to their history. For example, Australians celebrate Australia Day. They vary by country and may vary by year. Cambodia has over 20 days of official public holidays per year. Hong Kong and Egypt have 16 days of holidays per year. The public holidays are generally days of celebration, like the anniversary of a significant historical event, or can be a religious celebration like Christmas. Holidays can land on a specific day of the year, be tied to a certain day of the week in a certain month or follow other calendar systems like the Lunar Calendar. Solemn ceremonies and children’s festivals take place throughout Turkey on National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, held on April 23 each year. Children take seats in the Turkish Parliament and symbolically govern the country for one day. French Journée de solidarité envers les personnes âgées is a notable exception.

Definition of public holiday in the English dictionary

The definition of public holiday in the dictionary is a holiday observed over the whole country.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUBLIC HOLIDAY

public enquiry
public enterprise
public examination
public expenditure
public footpath
public gallery
public goods
public health
public health inspector
Public Health Service
public house
public housing
public housing project
public inquiry
public lavatory
public law
Public Lending Right
public library
public limited company
public medicine

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUBLIC HOLIDAY

activity holiday
adventure holiday
bank holiday
boating holiday
busman´s holiday
cycling holiday
federal holiday
Friday
general holiday
half holiday
holiday
legal holiday
national holiday
package holiday
payment holiday
Roman holiday
skiing holiday
statutory holiday
tax holiday
walking holiday
working holiday

Synonyms and antonyms of public holiday in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «public holiday» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Find out the translation of public holiday to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of public holiday from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «public holiday» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公共节假日
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

día festivo oficial
570 millions of speakers

English

public holiday
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सार्वजनिक अवकाश
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

إِجَازَةٌ عَامَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

официальный нерабочий день
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feriado público
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরকারী ছুটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jour férié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

cuti umum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

staatlicher Feiertag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

祝祭日
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공휴일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liburan umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngày nghỉ lễ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது விடுமுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वजनिक सुट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

resmi tatil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

festa nazionale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

święto państwowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

національне свято
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sărbătoare legală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίσημη αργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

openbare vakansiedag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

helgdag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

offentlig høytidsdag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of public holiday

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC HOLIDAY»

The term «public holiday» is regularly used and occupies the 55.425 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC HOLIDAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «public holiday» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «public holiday» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about public holiday

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QUOTES WITH «PUBLIC HOLIDAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word public holiday.
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Lisa Morton
In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUBLIC HOLIDAY»

Discover the use of public holiday in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to public holiday and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sap Hr Time Management: Technical Reference And Learning ...
Public holiday guaranteed flag In this field you specify what should happen if a public holiday falls on an off day. If the holiday is 'Not guaranteed', then it is not shifted. In case it falls on Thursday, Friday or Sunday, you could specify that it ...
Agrawal, 2008
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Laxton's Building Price Book 2002: Major and Small Works
WR.19 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 19.1 The following are recognised as public holiday for the purpose of this agreement: (a) England and Wales Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, the May Day, Bank Holiday,  ...
V B Johnson, 2001
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Landfalls of Paradise: Cruising Guide to the Pacific Islands
... Taiwan 1,520 Tokyo, Japan 1,460 Wake Island 1,220 Yap, FSM 565 Standard Time 10 hours fast on UTC Public Holidays and Special Events January 1 New Year's Day— Public holiday January 9 Northern Marianas Commonwealth Day—  ...
Earl R. Hinz, 1999
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Employment Law
4.3.10 In total there are nine public holidays in any particular leave year and employees, other than part-time employees, have an immediate entitlement to public holiday benefits. Parttime employees must have worked at least 40 hours in the ...
Jane Moffatt, 2011
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Implementing Sap Erp Financials
17.29): Change Public Holidays: Overview To find out in which calendar a particular public holiday has been used, select the public holiday and press p|» (' where used' icon); the system will bring out a list (Fig. 17.30): Figure 17.30 Usage of a ...
V. Narayanan, 2009
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Long service leave Where a public holiday occurs during long service leave, the day will be paid as a public holiday, not as long service leave, except in South Australia, where the Long Service Leave Act 1987 specifically provides that public ...
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Labour Law in New Zealand
Employees are entitled to a paid day off on a public holiday if it falls on a day on which they would otherwise have worked. An employer and employee cannot agree to the employee foregoing public holiday entitlements. 311. Where any of the ...
Gordon Anderson, Roger Blanpain, Michele Colucci, 2011
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HR for Controllers
In Quebec, when the National Holiday (St. Jean Baptiste Day, June 24) falls on a Sunday, then June 25 is the public holiday. If the National Holiday falls on a non- working day, employers must grant a compensatory holiday or pay the ...
Theo Anne Opie, 2005
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Business And Corporate Laws For C. A. Professional Examination-2
Whether Annual General Meeting can be called on a Public Holiday2. Section 166(2), inter alia, provides that every annual general meeting shall be called on a day that is not a public holiday. The Department of Company Affairs has opined ...
S.S. Gulshan, 2005
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Kenya Gazette
There shall be substituted for section 4 of the 25 principal Ordinance the following section — 4 Where, m any year, the day mentioned m the Schedule falls on a Sunday, then the first succeeding day, not being a public holiday, shall m such ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUBLIC HOLIDAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term public holiday is used in the context of the following news items.
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China declares public holiday to mark Japan's surrender in second …
China is making the 70th anniversary of the Japanese surrender in the second world war a public holiday, the government said on Wednesday, as Beijing ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
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Craig Kelly says grand final eve public holiday is a 'dumb decision'
Influential player manager and sports marketer Craig Kelly has slammed the introduction of the grand final eve public holiday, saying the move would cause ... «The Age, Apr 15»
3
Almost every country in the world has more bank holidays than the UK
Yes, Good Friday and Easter Monday are bank holidays, transforming an ... poor recent Eurovision record and, now, because of our lame list of public holidays. «Metro, Apr 15»
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Queensland Labour Day public holiday to be moved back to May
From 2016, the Labour Day public holiday will once again be commemorated in May after being moved to October by the previous Newman government. «ABC Online, Mar 15»
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Goa govt drops Gandhi Jayanti from list of holidays, CM clarifies
In a controversial decision, the BJP government in Goa dropped Gandhi Jayanti from the list of public holidays. Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar later said ... «India Today, Mar 15»
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Aug 7 declared a holiday as part of Singapore's 50th birthday …
SINGAPORE – Singaporeans can mark an extra long weekend this year, as the President has declared August 7 a public holiday to celebrate SG50. This will ... «The Straits Times, Mar 15»
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Public holiday in KPK on Chehlum of APS martyrs
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government on Monday announced to observe Chehlum of Army Public School at government level, declaring ... «The News International, Jan 15»
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Chhath Puja declared a public holiday
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has declared a public holiday on Chhath Puja. The decision was taken by the administration on Tuesday after a fresh ... «Times of India, Oct 14»
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Pakistan's Hindus demand public holiday on Diwali, special aid …
Islamabad: Pakistan's minority Hindu community leaders have asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to accept their demand for a public holiday on Diwali and ... «Firstpost, Oct 14»
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Keep the Holiday, Lose Columbus
In the pantheon of heroes commemorated by public holidays in the United States, Christopher Columbus has always been the odd one out. Unlike former ... «Daily Beast, Oct 14»

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