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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated
Synonyms:
Poppy Day; Remembrance Day; Remembrance Sunday
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Remembrance Sunday" is a kind of...):
holiday (a day on which work is suspended by law or custom)
Domain region:
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
