Memorial Day

English

Proper noun

Memorial Day

1. (US) A federal holiday honoring fallen soldiers, sailors, and other servicemen observed on the last Monday in May.

   Synonym: (dated) Decoration Day

   • 2024 May 25, Livia Albeck-Ripka, “The Tangled Roots of Memorial Day and Why It’s Celebrated”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for travel in the United States and the unofficial start of summer; a day for cookouts, beach trips and auto races. But how did Memorial Day, held on the last Monday of May in honor of America’s war dead, begin?

2. (Newfoundland) A provincial holiday held in July 1 in Newfoundland and Labrador commemorating the fallen members of the Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel in World War I.
3. (uncommon) Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday.

Translations

American federal holiday

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亡兵紀念日／亡兵纪念日 (zh) (wángbīng jìniànrì)

• Esperanto: Tago de la Falintoj
• Japanese: 戦没将兵追悼記念日 (せんぼつしょうへいついとうきねんび, senbotsu shōhei tsuitō kinenbi), メモリアルデー (memoriarudē), 戦没将兵記念日 (せんぼつしょうへいきねんび, senbotsu shōhei kinenbi)
• Kazakh: Еске алу күні (Eske alu künı)
• Navajo: Siláołtsooí Bigáál Dah Nídahidiitʼįʼígíí Béédahaniih, Siláołtsooí Bee Iinaʼ Nidahaztʼįʼígíí Béédahaniih
• Russian: День па́мяти m (Denʹ pámjati)
• Spanish: Día de los caídos m
• Vietnamese: Lễ Chiến sĩ trận vong