noun
pl. -·ar·ies the first month of the year, having 31 days: abbrev. Jan, Ja, or J
Origin of January
Middle English Janyuere from Classical Latin Januarius (mensis), (the month) of Janus, to whom it was sacredJanuary
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January
noun
pl. Jan·u·ar·iesThe first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. calendar
Origin of January
Middle English Januarie, Jenever from Old North French Jenever from Latin Iānuārius (mēnsis) (month) of Janus from Iānus Janus ; see ei- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
(plural Januarys or Januaries)
Origin
Re-Latinized from Middle English Ieneuer, from Anglo-Norman genever, from Latin iānuārius (“(month) of Janus”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go".
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Sentence Examples
- Every year, the full moon in January is the Wolf Moon and there is a three day festival that all werewolves attend… kind of our high holiday.
- The death of the emperor Maximilian on the 12th of January 1519 had seriously affected the situation.
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- He died on the 20th of January of the same year.
- Closed on Tuesdays during the winter, as well the entire month of January.
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