"Valentine's Day" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈvælənˌtaɪnzˌdeɪ/ [General-American] Forms: Valentine's Days [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|head=Valentine's Day}} Valentine's Day (plural Valentine's Days)
  1. Saint Valentine's Day Categories (topical): Calendar, Holidays, Love Derived forms: Chinese Valentine's Day
    Sense id: en-Valentine's_Day-en-name-evtP0T80 Disambiguation of Calendar: 83 17 Disambiguation of Holidays: 92 8 Disambiguation of Love: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 97 3
  2. (bingo) fourteen Categories (topical): Bingo
    Sense id: en-Valentine's_Day-en-name-~vj0HNzS Topics: bingo, games

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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