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Independence Day
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What does Independence Day mean?
noun
- An annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood.
proper noun
- A holiday celebrated in the United States commemorating the country's independence from Great Britain, celebrated each year on the 4th of July.
- A national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A national holiday in India observed annually on 15 August, commemorating the nation'a independence from Great Britain in 1947.
- A national holiday in Malaysia observed annually on 31 August, commemorating the Federation of Malaya's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.
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Our flag waved from the highest point of King William Land throughout the day following, which we were altogether too patriotic to forget was Independence Day.