vacation

on vacation

away, taking time off work; on holiday. Where are you going on vacation this year? I'll be away on vacation for three weeks.

take a vacation

to go somewhere for a vacation; to stop work to have a vacation. Sue took a vacation at the Grand Canyon last year. I need to take a vacation and relax.

vacation

n. a prison sentence. (Underworld.) It was a three-year vacation, with time off for good behavior.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Samuela	-	Italian
Dagmar	DAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Nkosana	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Nanuli	-	Georgian
Bora (1)	-	Turkish
Edvige	-	Italian