E-day
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Definitions
- 1 The day (1st January 2002) on which the euro became the official currency in much of Europe. historical
"Heralded from the Arctic Circle to the Cote d'Azur by fireworks, champagne and the strains of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, E-day dawns after years of meticulous planning for the biggest ever currency change and decades of bitter debate still unresolved in Britain - about how far the continent's nations should integrate."
- 2 Election Day.
Example
More examples"Heralded from the Arctic Circle to the Cote d'Azur by fireworks, champagne and the strains of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, E-day dawns after years of meticulous planning for the biggest ever currency change and decades of bitter debate still unresolved in Britain - about how far the continent's nations should integrate."
Etymology
E(uro) + day, on the pattern of D-Day
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