word | | National holiday |
| British | Tokelau | Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840) |
| Buda | Hungary | Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August; note - commemorates the date when his remains were transferred to Buda (now Budapest) |
| Budapest | Hungary | Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August; note - commemorates the date when his remains were transferred to Buda (now Budapest) |
| Caledonia-Day | New Caledonia | Bastille Day, 14 July (1789); note - the local holiday is New Caledonia Day, 24 September (1853) |
| calendar | Israel | Independence Day, 14 May (1948); note - Israel declared independence on 14 May 1948, but the Jewish calendar is lunar and the holiday may occur in April or May |
| Camoes | Portugal | Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal), 10 June (1580); note - also called Camoes Day, the day that revered national poet Luis de Camoes (1524-80) died |
| Camoes-Day | Portugal | Portugal Day (Dia de Portugal), 10 June (1580); note - also called Camoes Day, the day that revered national poet Luis de Camoes (1524-80) died |
| Canada-Day | Canada | Canada Day, 1 July (1867) |
| celebrate | Cyprus | Independence Day, 1 October (1960); note - Turkish Cypriots celebrate 15 November (1983) as "Independence Day" |
| celebrate | United Kingdom | the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday |
| celebrated | Hong Kong | National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 1 July 1997 is celebrated as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day |
| celebrated | Macau | National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 20 December 1999 is celebrated as Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day |
| celebrated | Ukraine | ... Day, 24 August (1991); note - 22 January 1918, the day Ukraine first declared its independence (from Soviet Russia) and the day the short-lived Western and Greater (Eastern) Ukrainian republics united (1919 |
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