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DOMINION DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dominion Day mean?
• DOMINION DAY (noun)
The noun DOMINION DAY has 1 sense:
1. a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
Familiarity information: DOMINION DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Dominion Day; July 1
Hypernyms ("Dominion Day" is a kind of...):
legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)
Domain region:
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
Holonyms ("Dominion Day" is a part of...):
July (the month following June and preceding August)
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