diada
Catalan
Etymology
From dia + -ada, semantically similar to French journée or Spanish jornada.
Pronunciation
Noun
diada f (plural diades)
- red letter day (a special day, for example a feast day)
- (in particular) ellipsis of Diada Nacional de Catalunya, the National Day of Catalonia on 11 September
- (by extension) a particular day set for some activity or task
See also
Further reading
- “diada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “diada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “diada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Noun
diada f (plural diadas) (Gascony)