The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. A
contraction of
holy and
day, holidays originally represented
special religious days. This word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day of rest (as opposed to regular days of rest such as the
weekend).In the English-speaking world a holiday can mean a period spent away from home or business in
travel or
recreation (e.g. "I'm going on holiday to
Malta next week"), the North American equivalent is "
vacation". Many Canadians will use the terms vacation and holiday interchangeably when referring to a trip away from home or time off work. In Australia the term can refer to a vacation or gazetted public holiday, but not to a day of commemoration such as Mothers' Day or Halloween.
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