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January definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JAN'UARY. n. [L. januarius; L. geno, to beget, Eng. to begin.]
The first month of the year, according to the present computation. At the foundation of Rome, March was considered the first month. January and February were introduced by Numa Pompilius.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice [syn: January, Jan]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -aries or -arys) Etymology: Middle English Januarie, from Latin Januarius, 1st month of the ancient Roman year, from Janus Date: 14th century the first month of the Gregorian calendar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) the first month of the year. Etymology: ME f. AF Jenever f. L Januarius (mensis) (month) of Janus the guardian god of doors and beginnings

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

January Jan"u*a*ry, n. [L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; cf. janua a door, Skr. y[=a] to go.] The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days. Note: Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of the year was usually reckoned from March 25.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Januaries) January is the first month of the year in the Western calendar. We always have snow in January... She was born on January 6, 1946... N-VAR