English Explanatory Dictionary

Bastille Day

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  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".

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Bastille Day
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