About The Word January
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January
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What's The Definition Of January?
[n] the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
Synonyms | Synonyms for January: Jan Related Terms | Find terms related to January: See Also | Christmas | Christmastide | Christmastime | Epiphany | Epiphany of Our Lord | Gregorian calendar | Gregorian calendar month | Inauguration Day | January 1 | January 20 | January 6 | Martin Luther King Day | Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday | mid-January | New Style | New Year's | New Year's Day | Noel | Saint Agnes's Eve | Solemnity of Mary | Tet | Three Kings' Day | Twelfth day | Twelfth night | winter | wintertime | Yule | Yuletide January In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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