"St. Stephen's Day" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /sənt ˈstiːvənz deɪ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-St. Stephen's Day.ogg [Australia] Forms: St. Stephen's Days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s|head=St. Stephen's Day}} St. Stephen's Day (countable and uncountable, plural St. Stephen's Days)
  1. (Christianity) A Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen the protomartyr (first Christian martyr; died 34 C.E.), falling immediately after Christmas Day (on December 26 in the Western Church and on December 27 in the Eastern Orthodox Church). Wikipedia link: Giotto, Museo Horne, Saint Stephen Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity, Christmas, Holidays Synonyms: Saint Stephen's Day, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day, Feast of Saint Stephen, Feast of Stephen, Wren Day [Ireland] Derived forms: St. Stephen's Day pie Related terms: Christmas Day, Christmas Eve Translations (Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen): Welwillendheidsdag (Afrikaans), Tweede kersdag (Afrikaans), San Eztebe eguna (Basque), Diada de Sant Esteve [feminine] (Catalan), 聖斯德望日 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣斯德望日 (Chinese Mandarin), Svátek svatého Štěpána [masculine] (Czech), anden juledag [common-gender] (Danish), 2. juledag [common-gender] (Danish), Tabanipäev (Estonian), tapaninpäivä (Finnish), Fête de la Saint-Étienne [feminine] (French), Día de Santo Estevo (Galician), Stephanitag [masculine] (German), Stefanitag [masculine] (German), Stephanstag [masculine] (German), Stefanstag [masculine] (German), Stephanustag [masculine] (German), του Αγίου Στεφάνου (tou Agíou Stefánou) [masculine] (Greek), Hari Santo Stefanus (Indonesian), Pesta Santo Stefanus (Indonesian), Lá Fhéile Stiofáin (Irish), Lá 'le Stiofáin (Irish), Giorno di Santo Stefano [masculine] (Italian), Santo Stefano [masculine] (Italian), 聖ステファノの日 (Japanese), 스테파노의 날 (seutepanoui nal) (Korean), Stiefesdag (Luxembourgish), Hari Santo Stefanus (Malay), Степанов день (Stepanov denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Стевањдан [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Стјепањдан [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Día de San Esteban [masculine] (Spanish), Fiesta de San Esteban [feminine] (Spanish), Annandag jul [common-gender] (Swedish), Aziz Stefen Günü (Turkish), Gŵyl San Steffan [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), Sint-Steffensdei (West Frisian), Twadde Krystdei (West Frisian)

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        "(Christianity) A Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen the protomartyr (first Christian martyr; died 34 C.E.), falling immediately after Christmas Day (on December 26 in the Western Church and on December 27 in the Eastern Orthodox Church)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Giotto",
        "Museo Horne",
        "Saint Stephen"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sənt ˈstiːvənz deɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-St. Stephen's Day.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/En-au-St._Stephen%27s_Day.ogg/En-au-St._Stephen%27s_Day.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-au-St._Stephen%27s_Day.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Saint Stephen's Day"
    },
    {
      "word": "St Stephen's Day"
    },
    {
      "word": "Boxing Day"
    },
    {
      "word": "Feast of Saint Stephen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Feast of Stephen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ireland"
      ],
      "word": "Wren Day"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Welwillendheidsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Tweede kersdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "San Eztebe eguna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Diada de Sant Esteve"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "聖斯德望日"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "圣斯德望日"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Svátek svatého Štěpána"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anden juledag"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "2. juledag"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Tabanipäev"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "tapaninpäivä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fête de la Saint-Étienne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Día de Santo Estevo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stephanitag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stefanitag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stephanstag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stefanstag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stephanustag"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tou Agíou Stefánou",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "του Αγίου Στεφάνου"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Hari Santo Stefanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Pesta Santo Stefanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Lá Fhéile Stiofáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Lá 'le Stiofáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Giorno di Santo Stefano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Santo Stefano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "聖ステファノの日"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seutepanoui nal",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "스테파노의 날"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Stiefesdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Hari Santo Stefanus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Stepanov denʹ",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Степанов день"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Стевањдан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Стјепањдан"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Día de San Esteban"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fiesta de San Esteban"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Annandag jul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Aziz Stefen Günü"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gŵyl San Steffan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Sint-Steffensdei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "Christian holiday commemorating Saint Stephen",
      "word": "Twadde Krystdei"
    }
  ],
  "word": "St. Stephen's Day"
}

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