Bastille Day

Definitions of Bastille Day
  1. noun
    a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
    synonyms: 14 July
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    type of:
    legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday
    authorized by law and limiting work or official business
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