national holiday
Example Sentences
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The law also outlaws discrimination based on ethnicity and designates an important Kurdish holiday, Nowruz, as a national holiday.
The weekend in Iran begins on Thursday, and Saturday is a long-standing national holiday.
From Barron's
Weekends in Iran begin on Thursdays, while this Saturday marks a long-standing national holiday.
From Barron's
The Christmas most Americans grew up with only emerged as a national holiday in the wake of the Civil War, he said, about a decade after the formal introduction of Thanksgiving in 1863.
From Los Angeles Times
She also received a number of emails from Ms Hansen saying suppliers were delayed sending goods because of events like national holidays.
From BBC
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