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bastille day

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1. Bastille Day, 14 Julynoun

   a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789

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1. Bastille Daynoun

   The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".

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1. Bastille Day

   Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In French, it is formally called Fête nationale française (French: [fɛt nɑsjɔnal]; "French National Celebration"), and legally le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]; "the 14th of July").The French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France. One that has been reported as "the oldest and largest military parade in Europe" is held on 14 July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in front of the President of the Republic, along with other French officials and foreign guests.

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1. Bastille Day

   Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on the 14th of July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale and commonly Le quatorze juillet. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution. Festivities and official ceremonies are held all over France. The oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe is held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic, French officials and foreign guests.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bastille day in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bastille day in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of bastille day in a Sentence

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   These attacks are hard to defend against in free societies where crowds will gather, as was the case for Bastille Day in Nice, or the Christmas market in Berlin, or students attending Ohio State -- and now the throngs of tourists and visitors that typically crowd the sidewalks around the Houses of Parliament.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bastille day
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bastille_Day
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_Day
4. ^ Wikidata
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