D-Day

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See also: D-day

English

Etymology

The D stands for day; compare H-hour.

Proper noun

D-Day

(historical) 6 June 1944, the date when the Allies invaded western Europe in World War II.

Coordinate terms

Translations

6 June 1944

Czech: Den D m
Danish: D-dag c
Finnish: D-Day (fi)
French: Jour J (fr)
Galician: O día D m
German: D-Day (de) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Operasjon Overlord, D-dagen m
Portuguese: Dia D m
Spanish: Día D m
Swedish: dagen D

Noun

D-Day (plural D-Days)

(figuratively, chiefly military) The date of any major event planned for the future.
- 2023 April 2, Dan Sabbagh, Ed Ram, “Surrounded and outgunned, Ukraine’s tank crews prepare for battle of Bakhmut”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:
  A Ukrainian D-day is expected in weeks.

Alternative forms

D-day

Synonyms

X-Day

Coordinate terms

H-hour

Translations

date of any major event planned for the future

Czech: den D m
Finnish: h-hetki (fi)
French: Jour J (fr)
Galician: O día D m
German: Tag X m
Indonesian: Hari-H
Norwegian:
Bokmål: D-dag m
Portuguese: Dia D m
Spanish: Día D m
Vietnamese: ngày N (vi)

Further reading

Normandy landings on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
D-Day (military term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Addy, Dady, addy, dyad

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