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noun, plural -ar·ies.
the first month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Jan.
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January
late 13c., Ieneuer, from O.N.Fr. Genever (Fr. Janvier), attested from early 12c. in Anglo-Fr., from L. Januarius (mensis) "(the month) of Janus," to whom the month was sacred as the beginning of the year (see Janus; cf. It. Gennajo, Prov. Genovier, Port. Janeiro). The form
EXPANDwas gradually Latinized by c.1400. Replaced O.E. geola se æfterra "Later Yule."
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January
first month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named after Janus, the Roman god of all beginnings. January replaced March as the first month of the Roman year no later than 153 BCE.
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