The second Sunday in May is set aside in the United States to celebrate mothers. There is also a Mother's Day celebration in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, and Belgium. England's "Mothering Sunday," similar to Mother's Day, is also called Mid-Lent Sunday and it is observed on the fourth Sunday in Lent, though it has largely been replaced by Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. Anna Jarvis, born in Grafton, West Virginia in 1864, started the movement to have a Mother's Day. She wrote letters to politicians, newspaper editors, and church leaders and organized a committee called Mother's Day International Association to promote the new holiday. She wanted Mother's Day to be close to Memorial Day so people would recognize mothers for the sacrifices they made for their families in the same way that servicepeople had for their country. The first official Mother's Day observance was in May 1907. President Woodrow Wilson gave the day national recognition in 1914. Jarvis spent the last years of her life trying to abolish the holiday she had brought into being, because she protested its commercialization.

Mother is one of the surviving words from Anglo-Saxon (starting as modor), which are among the most fundamental words in English. Mother has many cognates in other languages, including Old High German muoter, Dutch moeder, Old Norse mothir, Latin mater, Greek meter, and Sanskrit mat. These words share an Indo-European root. Mother is one of the Anglo-Saxon nouns that has an Anglo-Saxon adjective as well as a Latinate adjective — motherly and maternal — and motherly also came from Old English (modorlic). Mom, a shortened form of momma, was recorded in 1894; momma was first used in 1884. Both are chiefly North American uses. Mamma and mama, created by children reduplicating an instinctive sound, are much earlier terms Рshowing up in the 1500s. In between came mommy (also North American in usage) in 1848, which was a variant of mammy (also 1500s).

The carnation is the floral symbol of Mother's Day and the holiday is associated with the colors red and white. Some people wear white carnations on this day to honor mothers who have died and red or pink for those who are living. The "founder" of Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis, urged people to wear carnations because carnations had been her own Mother's favorite flower. Carnation is the general name for the cultivated variety of the clove-pink. It is likely that the word derived from coronation, as the flower's dented leaves somewhat resemble a crown.

The word family first referred to the servants of a household and then to both the servants and the descendants of a common ancestor. It comes from Latin familia, "household; household servants," which came from another Latin term famulus, "servant." It was not until 1667 that the term was used specifically for the group of persons consisting of parents and their children.

The history of greeting cards goes back hundreds of years. Early greeting cards were hand-delivered and handmade. Their popularity forced the introduction of the first postage stamp in 1840. The oldest known greeting card in existence is one for Valentine's Day, made in the 1400s and now displayed in the British Museum. The most popular card-sending holidays in order are Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Easter, and Father's Day. Together, the Greeting Card Associations says these five card-sending holidays account for 96 percent of individual seasonal card sales.

To nurture means "to feed or nourish a child" and also "to raise and support to maturity." The verb was formed after the noun, which came into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French. As a noun, nurture first referred (c 1330) to a person's training or breeding. The word can be traced back to Latin nutritus, meaning "to nourish."

Daughter is a very old English word, first recorded c. 1000 as dohtor. It descends from Old English and is related to words in many other Indo-European languages, such as Greek thugater. The modern spelling daughter was first used in a 16th century Bible and was popularized by Shakespeare. The word son is quite a bit older, found in Beowulf in 645. It also descends from Old English and is related to words in many other Indo-European languages, such as Greek huios. In 2000, it was estimated that the ratio of the sexes was thus: from birth to under 15 years old there are 1.05 males per 1 female, from 15-64 years of age there are 1.02 males per 1 female, and 65 years and over 0.78 males to 1 female, with the total population being 1.01 males per 1 female.

Wearing a new hat to church on Easter Sunday has been a common practice in the U.S., especially when hats were in vogue. The Easter bonnet was celebrated as a custom in Irving Berlin's song "Easter Parade," written in 1933 and the wearing of a new hat and outfit on Easter Sunday symbolized spiritual rebirth. Now the Easter bonnet is seen more in the form of baskets or wreaths of flowers decorating the home. Bonnet goes back through Scottish to French chapel de bonet, "hat or cap of bonet (a fabric for hats)." Before that, boneta / bonetus was a Latin term for "material for hats."

Rabbits were part of pre-Christian fertility lore and symbolized the abundance of new life associated with Spring. The ancient German goddess Ostara (called Eostre in Anglo-Saxon) was accompanied by a hare, which may have been the precursor of the modern Easter Bunny. (Hares are the European cousins of rabbits and have shorter ears and longer hind legs than rabbits.) In Germany, the Easter Bunny lays red eggs on Maundy Thursday and eggs of other colors on Easter Eve. The Easter Bunny came to America from German settlers who called him "Oschter Haws." The Pennsylvania Dutch prepared nests for the creature and on Easter Eve, the rabbit would lay colored eggs in these nests or in caps or bonnets left out for him. No one has come up with a good explanation of why a rabbit would lay eggs, though. The word bunny was first a term of endearment for a child or woman, perhaps formed from Scottish bun, "tail of a hare."

Easter eggs are a symbol of fertility and immortality and the egg is an important part of mythology, from the ancient Egyptians onward. In Christianity, the egg is associated with the rock tomb from which Christ emerged to begin His new life. Because the celebration of Easter is preceded by the 40 days of Lent, during which eggs and other dairy products are forbidden among Orthodox Christians, it is traditional to begin the Easter meal in Russia and eastern Europe by cutting up an egg that has been blessed and distributing it to each family member and guest. The custom of dyeing Easter eggs probably began with medieval travelers to Egypt and Persia, where people colored eggs for their Spring festivals. According to German folklore, the Easter Bunny lays the eggs and hides them in the garden — although other creatures have also been given credit for the laying of the Easter eggs. The term Easter egg came into English c 1825 and was earlier called pace egg or paste-egg. Chocolate Easter eggs were introduced around 1880.

Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus. That morning, according to the Gospel of Luke, Mary Magdalene and some companions visited the cave where He was buried, but they found the tomb empty. An Angel of the Lord appeared and told them that Jesus had risen. In the following days, Jesus appeared to His disciples and explained the meaning of His death (for the sins of mankind) and His victory over death, which offered the promise of rebirth for those who believe in Him. The word Easter may come from Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon name of a Teutonic goddess of Spring and fertility, whose festival was celebrated at the vernal equinox.

Shrove Tuesday is a time for confession and absolution, Ash Wednesday derives its name from the custom of marking the foreheads of penitents with ashes on that day, and Maundy Thursday (or Holy Thursday) developed from maunde, Christ's injunction to love one another and the day celebrates the Last Supper and the ceremony of the washing of the feet. Good Friday illustrates good in the sense of "holy; observed as a holy day" and may be the oldest Christian celebration, its name possibly a corruption of "God's Friday." Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus's triumphant entry into Jerusalem where he was covered with palms by the multitudes.

Self-denial during a period of religious devotion is a long-standing tradition in both Eastern and Western churches. The season of Lent was fixed at 40 days during the ninth century (with Sundays omitted). Lent comes from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "spring" or "lengthening days." It is a period of preparation for Easter and a time to strengthen one's faith through repentance and prayer. Lent has been observed with periods of fasting, abstinence from meat, dairy products, wine, etc.; and other penitential activities. It is a modern custom for Christians to "give up something for Lent" such as a favorite food, pleasure, or activity.

The flower called the Easter lily was brought to the U.S. in the 1880s from Bermuda. It was so called because it flowered around Easter each year. Lilies were a symbol of purity in medieval iconography and the Bible mentions them as symbols of beauty, goodness, and perfection. The lily grows from a bulb that is buried and is then "reborn," like Christ. Its trumpet-shaped blooms suggest the angel Gabriel's horn and herald the coming of Spring and the celebration of Easter.

Hot cross buns are yeast buns traditionally eaten in the U.S. during Lent, especially for breakfast on Good Friday. The buns are flavored with nutmeg and currants and, as the name implies, have a cross on top, made by cutting the buns with scissors before setting them to rise. Each cross is frosted on the buns after baking. The practice of eating these small buns seems to date back to at least the ancient Greeks. In England, the custom started during Tudor times and they were first called cross buns. By the 19th century, hot was incorporated into the name.

There are several explanations for the origin of April Fools' Day, but here is the most plausible one. April 1st was once New Year's Day in France. In 1582, Pope Gregory declared the adoption of his Gregorian calendar to replace the Julian calendar and New Year's Day was officially changed to January 1st. It took awhile for everyone in France to hear the news of this major change and others obstinately refused to accept the new calendar, so a lot of people continued to celebrate New Year's Day on the first of April – earning them the name April fools. The April fools were subjected to ridicule and practical jokes and the tradition was born. The butts of these pranks were first called poisson d'avril or April fish because a young naive fish is easily caught. A common practice was to hook a paper fish on the back of someone as a joke. This evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continues on the first day of April

The national game of the United States, baseball, is a more complicated variety of the English game rounders. The word baseball is formed from base + ball, so called from the four bases that are the boundaries of the infield and the circuit run by a player after hitting the ball. It is first attested in writing by Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey (1815), when she wrote about New England colonists playing a version of rounders in the 1700's.

Bulb first meant 'onion' and evolved to mean the underground spheroid part of the onion, lily, or similar plants. The word came into English via Latin bulbus from a Greek word bolbós meaning 'onion, bulbous root'.

Chipmunk (also chipmuck) is an American English word, first written chitmunk, that was borrowed from Algonquian atchitamon, meaning 'one who descends trees headlong'. It is a species of ground squirrel and has the synonyms chipping squirrel, hackee, and striped squirrel. The first record of the word in writing is around 1841, though chitmunk was written about in 1832.

The early Spring flower, daffodil, is a variant of affodill, borrowed from Latin affodillus and asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos. The initial added 'd' has not been explained, but could be related to the d' or de 'the' in French. This flower is also playfully called the daffadilly. Though the daffodil was originally the asphodel, there was some controversy among botanists and the affodil was designated as part of the Asphodel species and the daffodil as part of the Narcissus but, later, affodil was changed to asfodyl/asphodel to finalize the distinction. What we now call the daffodil is the Yellow Narcissus.

An equinox, literally "equal night" from Latin aequinoctium, occurs twice a year when the Sun crosses the equator and day and night are equal in length - Spring and Autumn. The vernal equinox, marking the beginning of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, occurs about March 21, when the Sun moves north across the celestial equator. The autumnal equinox falls about September 23, as the Sun crosses the celestial equator going south.

The word flower (first flur) came from Latin florem which may have had an Aryan root. The spelling changed to flower around the mid-14th century. However, it was also spelled flour, which caused some confusion with the milled grain. Flour is taken from the French fleur de farine, literally 'the flower, or finest, of the meal (of grain)'.

Garden was borrowed from French and started in English as gardin. That word ultimately came from Gothic gard-s, which is of Germanic origin.

The lilac shrub, cultivated for its fragrant blossoms, came into English in 1625, borrowed from French but traced back to Persian nilak and nil 'blue, indigo'. Lilac also describes a pale pinkish-purple color.

March mad is an obsolete term meaning 'being mad as a March hare' since during March (the breeding season) hares are wilder than at other times; hence the proverbial saying. The term March Madness was first used in 1963 in reference to humans. By 1991, it was used in the San Francisco Chronicle, "The nation is now in the middle of 'March madness', that time of year when the NCAA basketball tournament takes place."

The Spanish word primavera literally means 'Spring' and first referred to a tree native to Mexico and Central America, so called for its early flowering. The word ultimately derives from Latin primus 'first' and ver 'Spring'. The Italian culinary term primavera is short for alla primavera 'in the style of springtime', which denotes anything served with a mix of fresh Spring vegetables, such as asparagus, broccoli, carrots, peas, peppers, or zucchini.

Rain hearkens to Gothic rign, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic rezna-. This word for the condensed vapor of the atmosphere was first attested in English c 825. The word rainbow was first used c 1250, raindrop around 1400, rainstorm in 1816, rainy about 1834, and rainfall in 1854.

Robin is actually a shortened form of Robin redbreast, borrowed as a diminutive or familiar form of the personal name Robert from French. Robin was written about in English in 1549.

The original English word for the season Spring was 'lent' and this was replaced by Spring only in the 16th century, based on the notion of something beginning or rising, like water 'springs' from the ground.

Thaw was first used as a verb in English as 'the melting of a frozen liquid or substance', having come from the Scandinavian languages, Old Norse, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish. A form of this word was first attested c 1000.

The shamrock (Irish seamróg) is a plant with trifoliate leaves and it is a symbol of St. Patrick's Day because tradition has it that St. Patrick used the plant to explain the theological doctrine of the Holy Trinity (three persons in one God). The word is a diminutive of Irish seamar 'clover'. The ancient Druids associated the shamrock with the coming of spring and the rebirth of the natural world at the vernal equinox. The shamrock was later adopted as the national symbol of Ireland. The phrase "to drown the shamrock" means 'to go drinking on St. Patrick's Day'. Clover is the common name for this species of trefoil, but it was spelled various ways prior to 1600, which is also what happened to shamrock until around 1577.

The alcoholic liquor called beer has been around for quite some time. Before 6000 BC, beer was made from barley in Sumeria and Babylonia. Reliefs on Egyptian tombs dating from 2400 BC show that barley or partly germinated barley was crushed, mixed with water, and dried into cakes. When broken up and mixed with water, the cakes give an extract that was fermented by microorganisms accumulated on the surfaces of fermenting vessels. The word's etymology is uncertain but it came to us through West Germanic (bier) and is based on Latin biber 'drink' from bibere 'to drink'.

In Irish folklore, a leprechaun was a tiny sprite or fairy who carried a purse containing a shilling. The word is derived from Old Irish luchorpán 'wee ones', from lu 'small' + corp 'body'. Over the years, the word luchorpán was confused with an Irish word meaning 'one shoemaker'. The leprechaun started being depicted as a solitary creature working on a single shoe instead of a pair.

Ireland's (Irish Éire) first human occupation did not begin until a late stage in the prehistory of Europe. It has generally been held that the first arrivals were Mesolithic hunter-fisher people, represented largely by flintwork found mainly in ancient beaches in the historic counties of Antrim, Down, Louth, and Dublin. The word Éire may itself mean 'western land', from a root word related to Gaelic iar 'west'. It first appears as Ierne in Greek writings which may have a base dating as early as the 5th century BC. The name appears as Iouernia in Ptolemy's map (c. AD 150) and has also been found translated into Latin as Iuverna. The Latin form, Hibernia, appears in the works of Caesar, who may have confused it with the Latin word hibernus 'wintry'. Ériu was an Old Irish form of Éire, and was seen in the earliest of Irish literature.

Rainbow comes from Old Norse regnbogi (becoming Old English renboga, ren 'rain' + boga 'bend, bow') and is a bow or arch of the colors of the prism that is formed in the sky opposite to the sun by the reflection, double refraction, and dispersion of the sun's rays in falling drops of rain. There are many stories about the pot of gold existing at the end of a rainbow.

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not actually Irish. He was born around AD 385, somewhere in Roman Britain, possibly near Dumbarton, Scotland. At 16, he was captured by Irish raiders looking for slaves and he was taken there to tend sheep. After six years of slavery, he ran away and ended up wandering through southern Gaul (France) and Italy. There, he had a vision from God which told him to return to Ireland and convert the pagans to Christianity. Returning to Ireland around 432, St. Patrick did missionary work until he died on March 17 in 464. The country of Ireland went into mourning. The first St. Patrick's Day celebration in the United States was in 1737 in Boston.

Presidents’ Day is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in February and it originally honored George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, whose birthdays were February 22nd and 12th, respectively. The holiday came about because of the so-called Monday Holiday Law of 1968, which became effective in 1971 and moved a number of federal holidays to Mondays so that workers had a number of long weekends throughout the year. The day now celebrates all U.S. presidents. The phrase Presidents' Day came into existence in 1952.

Around 1375, the word president came into English to describe the appointed or elected head of a province, colony, division of a country, city, or other body of persons. The term evolved in use and was applied in religion, in education, etc. before its first use for the officer holding executive power in a modern republic, starting in the United States in 1774. In 1789, The Constitution of the U.S. stated, "The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years." The word president came through French from Latin praesidere 'to preside.'

Emancipate means "to free from legal, political, social control or restraint by others" and "to free from bondage." The word's Latin elements are manus 'hand' and capere 'to take' and first meant "to release or set free." U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's most famous act was the Emancipation Proclamation, the edict he issued on January 1, 1863, that freed the slaves of the Confederate states which had rebelled against the Union.

The word assassin has one of the most interesting etymologies. In a nutshell, assassin derives from an Arabian word meaning "hashish user." Some religious fanatics (Shia Muslims) during the time of the Crusades (13th century) ate hashish to intoxicate themselves before going out to murder Christian leaders. The word came to mean "one who commits murder, especially one who murders a political leader."

Patriot is from Latin patriota "fellow countryman" (from earlier Greek pater "father") and this was its original meaning when it came into English in the late 1500s. Soon thereafter, it described a person who is willing to sacrifice his or her well-being for that of his or her country. It also means, "one who loves and defends a country's freedom or interests."

A country or nation is an independent state, often one having a common language, culture, history, and set of institutions, especially political. nation and country. Both words came into English c 1330. These words tend to be used interchangeably. Some may argue that country describes a self-governing political entity while nation means a tightly-knit group of people which share a common culture. Country comes from Latin contrata (terra) "the landscape in front of one, the landscape lying opposite to the view." Nation is from Latin nation-/natio "race, class of person. The word national did not appear until the late 16th century.

Cupid, in Roman Mythology, is the god of love. He was said to be the son of Mercury and Venus. (Cupid's Greek counterpart is Eros.) In Latin, the name was Cupidines, a personification of cupido, "desire, love" (from cupere, "to desire or long for").

Heart can be traced back from Old English (c 725) and has cognates in Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Old High German, Old Icelandic, Danish, Norwegian, and Gothic back to Proto-Germanic. The spelling was herte until about 1500 when it was spelled heart by analogy of pronunciation with heat, stream, etc. The Indo-European root is shared with Latin cor, cord- and Greek ker, kardia. As the seat of feeling and intellect, heart has been used since around 825.

A Valentine as a sweetheart, lover, or special friend was first written about c 1450. Originally, it meant such a person chosen, drawn by lot, or otherwise determined for the upcoming year. Valentine as a card (c 1553) was at first a folded paper inscribed with the name of the person chosen or drawn as a valentine. By 1610, the word also referred to a gift given to the special person. The use of the word to mean "a written or printed letter or card with decoration, verse, etc. of an amorous nature" sent or given on St. Valentine's Day began around 1824. The word can be written with an initial capital or without.

The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. The greeting, written in 1415, is part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England.

Bowl as in Super Bowl derives from the eating vessel bowl. Its first sports meaning was "football stadium," though such a stadium is no longer necessarily bowl-shaped. The Yale Bowl is an example of a football stadium so named. As a sporting event, it first referred to the Rose Bowl (1923) and, later, the Super Bowl.

Coach first referred to a cart or carriage and came to mean "a private tutor" in British universities around 1848. The sense of "an athletic trainer" (especially for a boat race) was first recorded in 1885.

The origin of football goes way back as an open-air game between two teams using an inflated ball. Mainly the ball was kicked, thereby football. A football game was played in China as early as 206 BC, and by 500 AD round footballs stuffed with hair were in use. In ancient Greece, a game with elements of football — episkuros or harpaston — was played. It migrated to Rome as harpastum by the 2nd century BC. Football has been associated with violence ever since 13th century England. The original form of the game, most often played on Shrove Tuesdays and other Holy Days, involved battles between neighboring villages and towns.

A quarterback is so named because originally the player was positioned between the forwards (now the offensive line) and the halfbacks. The term was first recorded in print in 1895 according to the OED.

Referee originally referred to a person appointed by the British Parliament to examine patent applications (1621) and was formed from English refer and -ee. The sense of "an arbitrator or person to whom a dispute is referred" was first recorded in 1690; by 1840 the word acquired the further sense of "the judge of play in games and sports."Free software! Get instant dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia access from most Mac and Windows programs.


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Dream is from the Old English word dream meaning "noise, music" or "joy, mirth." The catch-phrase American dream came into use in 1931 ("If the American dream is to come true and to abide with us, it will, at bottom, depend on the people themselves." – James Truslow Adams) and described the American ideal of social equality and economic prosperity.

Freedom and free are from Old English freo, related, significantly, to Sanskrit priya, "dear," which was the primary original sense of free as an adjective. Therefore, it meant "belonging to one's family or clan, not being a slave." Freedom as "personal liberty" was first used in Old English freodom. In the United States, our freedoms are protected by the amendments to the Constitution.

Civil rights in the United States specifically addresses the rights of Black people as citizens. The term was first used in this way in 1874. Civil derives from Latin civis, "citizen," which passed into English via civilis, "of or pertaining to citizens." Civil law is that which regulates the private rights and duties of the inhabitants of a city or state.

Race was originally used to denote a group with common features, a group connected by common descent or origin. The word is derived from Italian razza.

Etymologically, an assassin is an "eater or smoker of hashish," from Arabic hasisi. During the Crusades, there was a sect of Muslim fanatics who, under the influence of hashish, killed Christians and other enemies. In Arabic, they were called hashshashin, "hashish eaters." In English, this plural form was perceived as singular assassin, "one who kills a public figure for political or religious rather than personal motives." The verb assassinate is from the Medieval Latin verb assassinare, "to kill."

Auld lang syne is a phrase that literally means "old long since" or "old long ago" and became famous in Robert Burns's 1788 song:


For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

The germ phrase has been traced back to an anonymous ballad in the Bannatyne Manuscript of 1568, "Auld Kyndnes foryett."

Champagne is the name of a province in eastern France and the varieties of still or sparkling wine made from the grapes there. As defined by French law, only sparkling wine from Champagne can be called "champagne." It must be fermented in the bottle and varies from brut, the driest, to sweeter doux champagnes. Champagne is sometimes called "the wine of love."

Resolution is from the Latin resolutio, resolution- from resolvere meaning "to loosen or dissolve again," (re- + solvere) which was the original meaning of resolve. The meaning "to determine or decide upon a course of action, etc." was first used in English around 1523.

The practice of drinking a toast started in the 17th century with the naming of a lady at a banquet to whose health the others present were requested to drink. Pieces of spiced toast were once placed in wine and the idea of this practice was that the lady's name flavored the drink as pieces of spiced toast once would have.

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　　塞舌尔解放日 Liberation Day (SEYCHELLES)



6日 瑞典国庆日 National Day (SWEDEN)
7日 乍得国庆日 National Day (CHAD)
10日 葡萄牙国庆日 National/Portugal Day (PORTUGAL)
12日 菲律宾独立日 Independence Day (THE PHILIPPINES)
14日 英国女王官方生日 Official Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ (UK)



17日 冰岛共和国日 Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic (ICELAND)
23日 卢森堡国庆日 National Day (LUXEMBOURG)
24日 西班牙国王陛下日 His Majesty the King's Day (SPAIN)
26日 马达加斯加独立日 Independence Day (MADAGASCAR)
27日 吉布提独立日 Independence Day (DJIBOUTI)





7 月
1日 布隆迪国庆日 National Day (BURUNDI)
　　加拿大日 Canada Day
　　卢望达独立日 Independence Day (RWANDA)
4日 美国独立日 Independence Day (USA)
5日 佛得角独立日 Independence Day (CAPE VERDE)



　　委内瑞纳独立日 Independence Day (VENEZUELA)
6日 科摩罗独立日 Independence Day (COMOROS)
11日 蒙古人民革命纪念日 Anniversary of the People's Revolution (MONGOLIA)
14日 法国国庆日 National/Bastille Day (FRANCE)



17日 伊拉克国庆日 National Day (IRAQ)
20日 哥伦比亚国庆日 National Day (COLOMBIA)
21日 比利时国庆日 National Day (BELGIUM)
22日 法兰国家复兴节 Rebirth of Poland
23日 埃及国庆日 National Day (EGYPT)



26日 利比利亚独立日 Independence Day (LIBERIA)
　　 马尔代夫独立日 Independence Day (MALDIVES)
28日 秘鲁独立日 Independence Day (PERU)
30日 瓦努阿图独立日 Independence Day (VANUATU)





8 月
1日 瑞士联邦成立日 Foundation of the Confederation (SWITZERLAND)
4日 布基纳法索国庆日 National Day (BURKINA-FASO)
5日 牙买加独立日 Independence Day (JAMAICA)
6日 玻利维亚独立日 Independence Day (BOLIVIA)
10日 厄瓜多尔独立日 Independence Day (EQUADOR)



15日 刚国国庆日 National Day (THE GONGO)
17日 加蓬独立日 Independence Day (GABON)
19日 阿富汗独立日 Independence Day (AFCHANISTAN)
23日 罗马尼亚国庆日 National Day (ROMANIA)
31日 马来西亚国庆日 National Day (MALAYSIA)






9月
1日 利比亚九月革命节 The Great 1st of September Revolution (LIBYA)
2日 越南国庆日 National Day (VIET NAM)
3日 圣马力诺国庆日 National Day (SAN MARINO)
7日 巴西独立日 Independence Day (BRAZIL)
9日 朝鲜共和国日 Day of the Founding of DPPK



12日 佛得角国庆日 National Day (CAPE VERDE)
　　 埃塞俄比亚人民革命日 The people's Revolution Day (ETHIOPIA)
16日 墨西哥独立节 Independence Day (Mexico)
18日 智利独立日 Independence Day (CHILE)
22日 马里宣布独立日 Proclamation of Independence (MALI)



30日 博茨瓦纳独立日 Independence Day (BOTSWANA)





10月
1日 塞浦路斯国庆日 National Day (CYPRUS)
　　尼日利亚国庆日 National Day (NIGERIA)
2日 几内亚宣布独立日 Proclamation of the Republic (GUINEA)
9日 乌干达独立日 Independence Day (UGANDA)
10日 斐济国庆日 National Day (FIJI)



12日 西班牙国庆日 National Day (SPAIN)
　　 赤道几内牙国庆节 National Day (Equatorial Guinea)
21日 索马里十月革命节 21st October Revolution (SOMALIA)
24日 联合国日 UN Day
　　 赞比来独立日 Independence Day (ZAMBIA)
26日 奥地利国庆日 National Day (AUSTRIA)



28日 希腊国庆节 National Day (Greece)
29日 土耳其共和国日 Proclamation of the Republic (TURKEY)





11 月
1日 阿尔及里亚11月革命节 The Revolution Day of 1st November, 1954 (ALGERIA)
11日 安哥拉独立节 Independence Day (Angola)
15日 比利时国王日 King's Day (BELGIUM)
18日 阿曼国庆日 National Day (OMAN)
19日 摩纳哥国庆节 National Day (Monaco)



22日 黎巴嫩独立日 Independence Day (LEBANON)
24日 扎伊尔第二共和国日 Anniversary of the Second Republic (ZAIRE)
28日 毛里塔尼亚独立日 Independence Day (MARITANIA)
29日 南斯拉夫共和国日 Republic Day (YUGOSLAVIA)






12 月
1日 中非国庆日 National Day (CENTRAL AFRICA)
2日 老挝国庆日 National Day (LAOS)
　　阿拉伯酋长国国庆日 National Day (UAE)
5日 泰国国王日 Birthday Anniversary of His Majesty King Adolyadej (THAILAND)
6日 芬兰独立日 Independence Day (FINLAND)



7日 象牙海岸国庆日 National Day (IVORY COAST)
12日 肯尼亚独立日 Independence Day (KENYA)
17日 不丹国庆节 National Day (Bhutan)
18日 尼日尔国庆日 National Day (NIGER)
28日 尼泊尔国王生日 Birthday of H.M. King Birendara

中国节日的英译
元旦 New Year' s Day    Jan.1
国际劳动妇女节International Working women' s Day
（Women's Day）       Mar.8
国际劳动节International Labor Day
(May. Day)              May.1
中国青年节 Chinese Youth Day May.4




国际儿童节International Children's Day（Children's Day）   June .1
中国共产党诞生纪念日 (党的生日) Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party
(the Party' s Birthday)   July .1
建军节 Army Day        August .1
教师节Teachers’ Day     Sept.1



国庆节National Day      October.1






中国传统节日
春节  the Spring Festival （New Year’s Day of the Chinese lunar calendar） 农历正月初一
元宵节 (灯节)the Lantern Festival 农历正月十五
清明节the Qingming Festival四月五日前后
端午节the Dragon-Boat Festival农历五月初五
中秋节the Mid-Autumn Festival （the Moon Festival）农历八月十五
重阳节the Double-Ninth Day农历九月初九



情人节 the Double-Seventh Day农历七月初七

世界主要节日

元旦(1月1日) NEW YEAR'S DAY
成人节(日本，1月15日) ADULTS DAY
情人节(2月14日) ST.VALENTINE'S DAY (VALENTINE'S DAY)
元宵节(阴历1月15日) LANTERN FESTIVAL
狂欢节（巴西，二月中、下旬) CARNIVAL



桃花节(日本女孩节，3月3日) PEACH FLOWER FESTIVAL (DOLL'S FESTIVAL）
国际妇女节(3月8日) INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
圣帕特里克节(爱尔兰，3月17日) ST. PATRICK'S DAY
枫糖节(加拿大，3-4月) MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL
愚人节(4月1日) FOOL'S DAY



复活节(春分月圆后第一个星期日) EASTER
宋干节(泰国新年4月13日) SONGKRAN FESTIVAL DAY
食品节(新加坡，4月17日) FOOD FESTIVAL
国际劳动节(5月1日) INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY
男孩节(日本，5月5日) BOY'S DAY



母亲节(5月的第二个星期日) MOTHER'S DAY
把斋节 BAMADAN
开斋节(4月或5月，回历十月一日) LESSER BAIRAM
银行休假日(英国, 5月31日) BANK HOLIDAY
国际儿童节(6月1日) INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY



父亲节(6月的第三个星期日) FATHER'S DAY
端午节(阴历5月5日) DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
仲夏节(北欧6月) MID-SUMMER DAY
古尔邦节(伊斯兰节，7月下旬) CORBAN
筷子节(日本，8月4日) CHOPSTICS DAY



中秋节(阴历8月15日) MOON FESTIVAL
教师节(中国，9月10日) TEACHER'S DAY
敬老节(日本，9月15日) OLD PEOPLE'S DAY
啤酒节(德国十月节，10月10日) OKTOBERFEST
南瓜节(北美10月31日) PUMPKIN DAY



鬼节(万圣节除夕，10月31日夜) HALLOWEEN
万圣节(11月1日) HALLOWMAS
感恩节(美国，11月最后一个星期4) THANKSGIVING
护士节(12月12日) NRUSE DAY
圣诞除夕(12月24日) CHRISTMAS EVE



圣诞节(12月25日) CHRISTMAS DAD
节礼日(12月26日) BOXING DAY
新年除夕(12月31日) NEW YEAR'S EVE(a bank holiday in many countries)
春节(阴历一月一日) SPRING FESTIVAL (CHINESE NEW YEAR)