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English
Noun May Day plural May Days
The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season ; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration.
Labour Day , the first day of May, a worldwide workers' holiday.
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Translations workers' holiday
Armenian: Աշխատանքի օր ( Ašxatankʻi ōr ) , ( USSR ) Աշխատավորների համերաշխության միջազգային օր ( Ašxatavorneri hamerašxutʻyan miǰazgayin ōr )
Burmese: အလုပ်သမားနေ့ (my) ( a.lupsa.ma:ne. )
Catalan: Primer de Maig m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞動節 / 劳动节 (zh) ( láodòngjié )
Danish: første maj c 1. maj arbejdernes internationale kampdag c ( formal, very rare )
Dutch: Dag van de Arbeid (nl) m ( Belgium, Suriname )
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: volbripäev töörahvapüha
Finnish: vappu (fi)
French: fête du Travail ; fête des Travailleurs
Galician: Día do Traballo m
German: Tag der Arbeit (de) m Erster Mai (de) m Maifeiertag (de) m ( dated ) Kampftag der Arbeiterklasse m Kampftag der Arbeiterbewegung m
Greek: Εργατική Πρωτομαγιά (el) f ( Ergatikí Protomagiá ) , Πρωτομαγιά (el) f ( Protomagiá )
Hebrew: אחד במאי (he)
Hungarian: munka ünnepe
Icelandic: fyrsti maí
Italian: Primo Maggio m festa dei lavoratori f
Japanese: メーデー (ja) ( Mēdē )
Karelian: pervomaiju
Korean: 노동절(勞動節) (ko) ( nodongjeol )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: yekî gulanê
Macedonian: Ден на трудот m ( Den na trudot ) , Меѓународен ден на трудот m ( Meǵunaroden den na trudot ) , Први мај m ( Prvi maj )
Malay: Hari Buruh
Northern Sami: válbor
Norwegian: første mai
Polish: Święto Pracy (pl) n
Portuguese: Dia do Trabalhador m Primeiro de Maio (pt) m
Russian: Пра́здник весны́ и труда́ m ( Prázdnik vesný i trudá ) ( Russia ) , День труда́ m ( Denʹ trudá ) , День междунаро́дной солида́рности трудя́щихся m ( Denʹ meždunaródnoj solidárnosti trudjáščixsja ) ( USSR ) , Первома́й (ru) m ( Pervomáj )
Scottish Gaelic: Bealltainn f
Sranan Tongo: Wrokomandei
Swahili: leba dei Siku ya Wafanyakazi
Swedish: första maj valborg (sv) c vappen (sv) ( Finland )
Tagalog: Araw ng mga Manggagawa
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