"Bastille Day" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Bastille Day}} Bastille Day
  1. 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". Wikipedia link: Bastille Day Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays Translations (French national holiday): 巴士底日 (Bāshìdǐ Rì) (Chinese Mandarin), Fête Nationale (French), A toma da Bastilla [feminine] (Galician), Jum il-Bastilja (Maltese), День Взятия Бастилии (Denʹ Vzjatija Bastilii) (Russian)
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