diada

Catalan

Etymology

From dia +‎ -ada, semantically similar to French journée or Spanish jornada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [diˈa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [diˈa.ða]

Noun

diada f (plural diades)

1. red letter day (a special day, for example a feast day)
2. (in particular) Ellipsis of Diada Nacional de Catalunya, the National Day of Catalonia on 11 September.
3. (by extension) a particular day set for some activity or task

See also

• jornada

Further reading

• “diada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “diada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “diada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Noun

diada f (plural diadas) (Gascony)

1. day