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January
January is named for Janus (Ianuarius), the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman....
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February
February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritu....
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March
In ancient Rome, when March was the first month of the spring as well as of the year and was called....
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April
The derivation of the name April (Latin Aprilis) is uncertain. The traditional etymology from the La....
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May
The month of May have been named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman godd....
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June
The month June is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek go....
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July
July was renamed for Julius Caesar, who was born in that month. Previously, it was called Quintilis ....
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August
August was renamed in honor of Augustus in 8 BC because several of the most significant events in hi....
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September
In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month....
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October
In Latin, octo means "eight," reflecting the fact that October was the eighth month in the Roman cal....
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