holiday
festive day set aside by custom or by law
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Summary
holiday ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,172 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: recurring event[2], point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[3], non-working day[4], 세시[5]
- Has use: celebration[6], religious rite[7]
- Commons category: Holidays[8]
- Has cause: religion[9], tradition[10], law[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Holidays[12]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Holidays[13]
- Facet of: religious holiday[14]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[17], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20]
- Partially coincident with: non-working day[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox holiday[22], Template:Name day[23]
- Has characteristic: calendar date[24]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Holiday[25]
- Different from: vacation[26], Q54894546[27], Holiday[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
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Influence
Things named for holiday include Scoob! Holiday Haunt[30], an animated film[31], directed by Michael Kurinsky[32] and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star[33], a video game[34].
Why It Matters
holiday has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] holiday is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Entities named for holiday include Scoob! Holiday Haunt[30], an animated film[31], directed by Michael Kurinsky[32] and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star[33], a video game[34].