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Memorial Day en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (US) A federal holiday honoring fallen soldiers, sailors, and other servicemen observed on the last Monday in May.
   • Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for travel in the United States and the unofficial start of summer; a day for cookouts, beach trips and auto races. But how did Memorial Day, held on the last Monday of May in honor of America’s war dead, begin? 2024 May 25, Livia Albeck-Ripka, “The Tangled Roots of Memorial Day and Why It’s Celebrated”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
2. (Newfoundland) A provincial holiday held in July 1 in Newfoundland and Labrador commemorating the fallen members of the Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel in World War I.
3. (uncommon) Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday.

Coordinates

Armistice Day · Remembrance Day · Veterans Day

Relateds

Day of Memorial

Synonyms

Decoration Day · Tomb Sweeping Day

Translations (11)

nv Siláołtsooí Bee Iinaʼ Nidahaztʼįʼígíí Béédahaniih (American federal holiday) · vi Lễ Chiến sĩ trận vong (American federal holiday) · es Día de los caídos (American federal holiday) · ja 戦没将兵追悼記念日 (American federal holiday) · ja メモリアルデー (American federal holiday) · eo Tago de la Falintoj (American federal holiday) · ru День па́мяти (American federal holiday) · nv Siláołtsooí Bigáál Dah Nídahidiitʼįʼígíí Béédahaniih (American federal holiday) · cmn 亡兵紀念日 /亡兵纪念日 (American federal holiday) · kk Еске алу күні (American federal holiday) · ja 戦没将兵記念日 (American federal holiday)