Bastille Day en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- 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".
Translations (6)
mt Jum il-Bastilja (French national holiday) · fr Fête Nationale (French national holiday) · nb Bastilledagen (French national holiday) · gl A toma da Bastilla (French national holiday) · ru День Взятия Бастилии (French national holiday) · cmn 巴士底日 (French national holiday)