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Definition of Midsummer Day in English: Midsummer Day(British Midsummer's Day) noun 24 June, a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland, originally coinciding with the summer solstice and in some countries marked by a summer festival. 施洗约翰节（6月24日，英格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰的四个季度结账日之一，最初与夏至同一天，有些国家举行夏季欢庆） Example sentencesExamples - In response, on Midsummer Day in 1812, Napoleon crossed the River Niemen into what was then the Russian province of Lithuania, in a bid to conquer Russia with the biggest, most spectacular army Europe had ever raised.
- I had a great-great-grandmother who I didn't know, who so loved Christmas lunch that she had it twice a year: once on Christmas Day and once on Midsummer's Day.
- A Fête de la Musique was now held each Midsummer's Day, 21 June, to incite musical talent.
- According to legend, witches are thought to fly over Denmark on Midsummer's Eve, and on Midsummer's Day firecrackers are traditionally set off all over the country to scare them off.
- Midsummer Madness is the Meningitis Research Foundation's fundraising extravaganza focusing on the period around Midsummer's Day from 21-24 June.
- Compulsory tagging was introduced on Midsummer's Day but the department had announced details of the long-awaited scheme almost a month earlier, on May 25.
- The national holidays are New Year's Day, Independence Day, Good Friday (late March or early April), St. John's Night or Midsummer Day, and Christmas.
- Along with other Scandinavians, Swedes celebrate the summer solstice, or Midsummer's Day, on June 21.
Definition of Midsummer Day in US English: Midsummer Day(also Midsummer's Day) nounˈmidsəmər ˌdā (in England, Wales, and Ireland) June 24, originally coinciding with the summer solstice and in some countries marked by a summer festival. 施洗约翰节（6月24日，英格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰的四个季度结账日之一，最初与夏至同一天，有些国家举行夏季欢庆） Example sentencesExamples - Midsummer Madness is the Meningitis Research Foundation's fundraising extravaganza focusing on the period around Midsummer's Day from 21-24 June.
- A Fête de la Musique was now held each Midsummer's Day, 21 June, to incite musical talent.
- In response, on Midsummer Day in 1812, Napoleon crossed the River Niemen into what was then the Russian province of Lithuania, in a bid to conquer Russia with the biggest, most spectacular army Europe had ever raised.
- According to legend, witches are thought to fly over Denmark on Midsummer's Eve, and on Midsummer's Day firecrackers are traditionally set off all over the country to scare them off.
- The national holidays are New Year's Day, Independence Day, Good Friday (late March or early April), St. John's Night or Midsummer Day, and Christmas.
- Compulsory tagging was introduced on Midsummer's Day but the department had announced details of the long-awaited scheme almost a month earlier, on May 25.
- Along with other Scandinavians, Swedes celebrate the summer solstice, or Midsummer's Day, on June 21.
- I had a great-great-grandmother who I didn't know, who so loved Christmas lunch that she had it twice a year: once on Christmas Day and once on Midsummer's Day.
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