January
yuˌɛr noun, plural Jan·u·ar·ies.
the first month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Jan.
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| —n , pl -aries | |
| the first month of the year, consisting of 31 days | |
| [C14: from Latin Jānuārius, from adj: (month) of | |
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Word Origin & History
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
was 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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