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a black day
a black day
A day that marks a sad or unfortunate event. When we heard the news that David Bowie had died, we knew it was going to be a black day for all of his loyal fans.
a black day
a day when something very unpleasant or sad happens (usually + for ) A bomb went off early this morning. This is a black day for the peace process.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Junior | | ['dʒu:njə] | |
| GergŐ | | GER-guu | Hungarian |
| Shanon | | SHAN-ən | English |
| Sita | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Nepali |
| Nirmal | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali |
| Seymour | | ['si:mɔ:] | |