POPPY DAY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated

Synonyms:

Poppy Day; Remembrance Day; Remembrance Sunday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Poppy Day" is a kind of...):

holiday (a day on which work is suspended by law or custom)

Domain region:

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)