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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JUNE, n. [L. junius.] The sixth month of the year, when the sun enters the sign Cancer.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the month following May and preceding July

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French Juin, from Latin Junius Date: 14th century the sixth month of the Gregorian calendar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the sixth month of the year. Etymology: ME f. OF juin f. L Junius var. of Junonius sacred to Juno

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

June June, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.] The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. -- Lowell. June beetle, June bug (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus Lachnosterna and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larv[ae] of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also May bug or May beetle. June grass (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

June Ju"ne, n.; pl. Junos. [L.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera. Sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes. -- Shak. 2. (Astron.) One of the early discovered asteroids. Bird of June, the peacock.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Junes) June is the sixth month of the year in the Western calendar. He spent two and a half weeks with us in June 1986... I am moving out on June 5... N-VAR