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English Dictionary: JANUARY by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
January
n
  1. the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
    Synonym(s): January, Jan
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   January \Jan"u*a*ry\, n. [L. Januarius, fr. Janus an old Latin
      deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of
      January was sacred; cf. janua a door, Skr. y[be] to go.]
      The first month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
  
      Note: Before the adoption of New Style, the commencement of
               the year was usually reckoned from March 25.
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