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COMMONWEALTH DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Commonwealth Day mean? 

COMMONWEALTH DAY (noun)
  The noun COMMONWEALTH DAY has 1 sense:

1. British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birthplay

  Familiarity information: COMMONWEALTH DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMONWEALTH DAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Commonwealth Day; Empire day; May 24

Hypernyms ("Commonwealth Day" is a kind of...):

legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)

Holonyms ("Commonwealth Day" is a part of...):

May (the month following April and preceding June)


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