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Bastille Day

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Bas·tille Day  (b-stl)
n.
July 14, observed in France in commemoration of the storming of the Paris Bastille in 1789, a citizens' victory at the outset of the French Revolution.
Bastille Day
n
(in France) an annual holiday on July 14, commemorating the fall of the Bastille
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Noun1.Bastille Day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789Bastille Day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
14 July
legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday - authorized by law and limiting work or official business
July - the month following June and preceding August
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