Anniversary
Anniversary noun - The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it).
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Synonyms for Anniversary
Public holiday and anniversary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Public holiday" instead a noun "Anniversary".
Public holiday
Public holiday noun - Authorized by law and limiting work or official business.
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Synonyms for Public holiday
Anniversary and public holiday are semantically related. You can use "Anniversary" instead a noun phrase "Public holiday".
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Related pairs
- celebration and anniversary
- celebration and public holiday
- festivity and anniversary
- festivity and public holiday
- gala and anniversary
- gala and public holiday
- holiday and anniversary
- holiday and public holiday
- carnival and anniversary
- carnival and public holiday
- jubilee and anniversary
- jubilee and public holiday
- fete and anniversary
- fete and public holiday
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- Auckland Anniversary Day (the Monday closest to 29 January) is particularly bad - it's treated as a national public holiday on television even though it's only a public holiday in the upper North Island; elsewhere it's a regular working Monday.
Source: SoCalization - Wellington Anniversary Day (the Monday before) is closer to a national public holiday than Auckland Anniversary Day: Wellington is the capital city and therefore every government department is affected.
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