The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".

A prison in France, the storming of which in 1789 CE began the French Revolution.

plural of bastinado

A male given name from Ancient Greek, diminutive of Sebastian

Of or relating to the city of Bastia, Corsica, France.

plural of bastion

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastion

simple past tense and past participle of bastinado

present participle of bastinado

plural of bastinado