victoria day

  • 1Victoria Day — n. a legal holiday in Canada, celebrated on the Monday preceding May 25: originally May 24, Queen Victoria s birthday …

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  • 2Victoria Day — a public holiday held in May in Canada …

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  • 3Victoria Day — For other uses, see Victoria Day (disambiguation). Victoria Day A portrait in Ottawa City Hall of Queen Victoria, first sovereign of a confederated Canada …

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  • 4Victoria Day — (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday. * * * ▪ Canadian holiday       Canadian (Canada) holiday on which the British sovereign s birthday is celebrated. In 1845, during the reign of Queen Victoria… …

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  • 5Victoria Day (Canada) — Infobox Holiday holiday name = Victoria Day type = required longtype = national caption = A portrait of Queen Victoria in Ottawa s City Hall. official name = English: Victoria Day French: Fête de la Reine nickname = May Two four, May Long, May… …

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  • 6Victoria Day — noun A holiday commemorating the birthdays of Queen Victoria and the reigning monarch of Canada, falling on the last Monday before May 25. Syn: May long weekend, May Long, May Two Four, May Run, Queens Birthday, Patriotes Day, Fête de Dollard,… …

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  • 7Victoria Day — noun Etymology: Queen Victoria Date: 1901 1. formerly May 24 and now the Monday preceding May 25 observed in Canada as a legal holiday 2. Commonwealth Day …

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  • 8Victoria Day — Victo′ria Day n. (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday; formerly May 24, birthday of Queen Victoria …

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  • 9Victoria Day — noun (in Canada) the Monday which precedes May 24, observed as a national holiday to commemorate the birthday of Queen Victoria …

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  • 10Victoria Day — noun a public holiday in Canada on the Monday on or before May 24th • Hypernyms: ↑legal holiday, ↑national holiday, ↑public holiday …

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