Singles' Day

Meaning

Proper Noun

• November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide.

Related

Similar words

• Bachelors' Day
• Bachelors Day
• Bachelor's Day
• Bachelor Day
• Anti-Valentine's Day
• Anti-Valentines' Day
• Anti-Valentines Day
• Anti-Valentine Day

Opposite words

• Valentine's Day

Broader meaning words

• 11/11
• 11, 11
• 11,11
• 11.11
• 11-11
• en
• November 11th
• 11th of November
• November 11
• 11, November
• 11 November
• day
• holiday
• celebration
• observance

Origin

• . From being a day for single people who are not in a relationship, the complement of Valentine's Day. From Chinese slang for a bachelor without familial branches being a stick, and the set of ones in the date of 11/11 being a set of sticks, a set of singles. Originating at the University of Nanjing in the 1990s as Bachelors' Day, and popularized as a shopping event day by Alibaba in the 2000s.