Definitions for January
ˈdʒæn yuˌɛr iJan·u·a·ry

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. January, Jannoun

   the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Januarynoun

   The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February. Abbreviation: Jan or Jan.

   01/01/09 : Thursday, January 1st, 2009.

   Etymology: Re-Latinized from Ieneuer, from genever, from ianuarius, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *ei-, "to go".

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Januarynoun

   the first month of the year, containing thirty-one days

   Etymology: [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 to go.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. January

   January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere. In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa. January starts on the same day of the week as October in common years, and starts on the same day of the week as April and July in leap years. In a common year, January ends on the same day of the week as February and October, and ends on the same day of the week as July in a leap year.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. January

   jan′ū-ar-i, n. the first month of the year, dedicated by the Romans to Jan′us, the god of opening, with a double head that looked both ways.—adjs. Jan′uform, two-faced; Jan′us-faced, double-dealing: deceitful. [L. Januarius—Junus.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. January

   the first month of the year, so called as sacred to Janus (q. v.).

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. january

   A month of a specific calendar year.

   January is the first month of the calendar year.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 9, 2020  

Etymology and Origins(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. January

   Called by the Romans Januarius, after Janus, the sun god, who presided over the beginnings of things. In the temple of Janus the figure of this god had two faces: one supposed to look on the past, the other on the future.

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1. • Gregorian Calendar Month

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'January' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #965

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'January' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1623

How to pronounce January?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of January in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of January in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of January in a Sentence

1. Brooke Stacey:

   Once I found out that the bubble was taking place at the end of January, I was like, ‘OK, this gives me a month to really get going, to get back to the gym and start rebuilding my muscle, rebuilding my cardio and all that, coming back so soon after giving birth, it feels pretty great.

2. Larry Kudlow:

   Well, on the tariff raise, The President has said 90 days beginning January 1, which is when it was going to go -- the 10 to 25 was going to go into effect. So that's The President -- that's the policy.

3. Sarah Murov:

   In light of recent events we have informed the host of this event that it will no longer be held at our hotel in Orlando or at any Loews Hotel for that matter, loews Hotels Co is horrified and opposed to the January 6th events at the Capitol and all who supported and incited those actions.

4. Axel Stepken:

   So far nobody knows the cause of the accident. And we do not know in particular what happened between September 2018 and January 2019 - if, for example, heavy equipment was being operated nearby or if there had been detonations.

5. Stanislas Drochon:

   The time to cut was January/February, when oil prices were so low, that was really a missed opportunity, but it's not too late.

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