June meaning

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June is the sixth month of the year after May and before July.

The sixth month of the year that starts after Memorial Day and that goes for thirty days is an example of June.

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The sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
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A feminine name.
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The sixth month of the year, having 30 days.
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The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun or Jun.
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A female given name for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
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Origin of june

From Middle English jun, june, re-Latinized from Middle English juyng, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“Juno”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yuwn̥kós, from *yew- (“vital force, youthful vigor”).

Sentence Examples

  • The warm month of June melted into the scalding month of July.

  • The paper was dated Sunday, June 6.

  • On June 9, Monica Cutler, asleep in the arms of her beloved Harry Turnball, failed to wake from her snug and happy dreams.

  • But never, never, never in his entire life had David Dean felt less like crawling out of his sleeping bag and mounting his bicycle than on the misty Colorado morning of June fifteenth.

  • The cold wet days of May had thawed into the warmth of June, yet their marriage remained cold and lifeless.

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