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June

[ joon ]

noun

  1. the sixth month of the year, containing 30 days. : Jun.
  2. a female given name.


June

/ dʒuːn /

noun

  1. the sixth month of the year, consisting of 30 days


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Word History and Origins

Origin of June1

before 1050; Middle English jun ( e ), Old English iunius < Latin ( mēnsis ) Jūnius, after the name of a gens; replacing Middle English juyng < Old French juin ( g ) < Latin, as above

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Word History and Origins

Origin of June1

Old English iunius, from Latin junius, probably from Junius name of Roman gens

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Example Sentences

And what he said on June 5, 1985 fits the mood of the moment three decades later.

Here she is in June saying “Trans politics and feminism have never been headed to the same place.”

Between June and October 1943, 4,283 British, 1,303 Dutch, 1,630 Australian, and 88 American soldiers died.

Her unit first deployed in late June—“A very hot summer,” she remembers.

One of the first felonies occurred on the afternoon of June 15, 1986.

On certain of the stems the fertile cone appears and the spores are ripened about June, after which the process withers.

This system, as already stated, became operative in most districts during June, 1915.

The work was commenced in June, 1882, the memorial stone being laid February 15th, the following year.

On the night of June the 11th a red-hot cannon-ball set fire to one of the barracks which was used as a hospital.

At last the accumulated horrors shook even his firm spirit, and on June 4th a capitulation was agreed on.

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