Bastille Day

noun

: July 14 observed in France as a national holiday in commemoration of the fall of the Bastille in 1789

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The first aerial sorties went up at midnight on Bastille Day, July 14. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 Swiss National Day at Gallery O on H Recent weeks have seen the French celebrating Bastille Day and Belgian restaurants offering half-price beer for that country’s national day. —

Adele Chapin, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024 Its storming and subsequent fall are commemorated annually on July 14, the fête nationale française—more commonly known to English speakers as Bastille Day. —

Tom Nouvian, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2024 That was one degree hotter than the old record for Bastille Day in Washington. —

Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for Bastille Day