Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/2025/July

1. (Canada) A community of indigenous peoples of Canada (typically not including the Inuit or Metis), especially one officially recognized by the federal government.
2. (by extension, less common) A community or settlement of indigenous peoples of any country or region.
   1. (Australia) A community of indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) peoples of Australia; a group of Indigenous Australians.

Today is Canada Day or Fête du Canada, the national day of Canada which celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation on this day in 1867.

1. Appealing or stylish in appearance or manner; classy, flashy.
   1. Of a person: elegant in dressing; of clothes: elegant, fashionable.
2. Adept or ingenious in behaviour or operation; excellent, nifty.

1. (idiomatic) Something regarded as very familiar and unoriginal, hackneyed, or out of date.

old hat adj

1. (idiomatic) Very familiar and unoriginal; common, hackneyed, out of date.

1. (US, agriculture) If a corn (maize) crop planted in spring has grown knee-high by the Fourth of July (Independence Day of the United States), a bountiful harvest is expected.

Today is celebrated as Independence Day in the United States. It commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence on this day in 1776, which established the nation.

1. (uncountable) The quality of having a rough or uneven surface; roughness, unevenness; (countable, chiefly in the plural) a protruding or rough area or point on a surface; a protrusion.
   1. (countable, geology) A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
2. (figurative)
   1. (uncountable) The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience; (countable) a thing that is harsh and difficult to endure; a difficulty, a hardship.
   2. (uncountable) The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person; (countable, chiefly in the plural) a deeply hostile or resentful feeling; an animosity, a hatred.
   3. (uncountable, archaic)
      1. Of sound: gratingness, harshness.
      2. Of taste: harshness or sharpness; acridity, tartness.
      3. Of writing: a lack of elegance and refinement; inelegance, roughness.

1. (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, cultural anthropology) Traditional beliefs and values held, and culture practised, in modern times in Melanesia.

Today is eve of the Independence Day of the Solomon Islands, which marks the anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom on 7 July 1978.

1. Used to emphasize that the speaker's deductive abilities are better than those of the listener.

The British author Arthur Conan Doyle, known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. John H. Watson, died on this day 95 years ago in 1930.

1. (derogatory, informal) Synonym of minor celebrity (“a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous”).

1. In a wholehearted (“showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment”) manner; without reserve; enthusiastically, unreservedly.

1. (US) An artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather to provide care and relief for people affected by the high temperature.

The United Kingdom’s Met Office predicts that 2025 is likely to be one of the three warmest years for global average temperature, just behind 2024 and 2023.

1. Existing in multitudes or great numbers; very numerous; innumerable.
2. Comprising a large number of features or parts; manifold, multiple; also, having a large number of forms.
   1. Of a sound: made by many people.
3. (chiefly literary and poetic) Of a body of water, the sea, etc.: huge, vast; also, having innumerable ripples.
4. (obsolete)
   1. (poetic) Followed by with: crowded with many people or things.
   2. (rare) Of or relating to the multitude (“common people; masses”).
   3. (figurative, rare) Very fruitful or productive; prolific.

Today is World Population Day, which is recognized by the United Nations to raise awareness of global population issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, human rights, maternal health, and poverty. Approximately on this day in 1987, the world’s population reached five billion people.

1. (chiefly Ireland, UK, idiomatic) Something very delightful or fortunate is happening or has happened, especially earlier than expected.

Today is celebrated by some people as Christmas in July, particularly those living in the Southern Hemisphere where it is wintertime.