Definitions for January
ˈdʒæn yuˌɛr iJan·uary

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

1. January, Jan(noun)

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. January(ProperNoun)

   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.

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

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. January(noun)

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

Origin: [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(3.00 / 2 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.).

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.

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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say January in sign language?

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. Tom Kines:

   When it comes right down to it, it's January.

2. Yohan Samarakkody:

   We expect this trend to continue till January.

3. Chief Executive Officer Charif Souki:

   We will ship our first cargo sometime in January.

4. Didi Sumedi:

   The end limit (for Freeport to export) is January 28.

5. Juliano Hamana:

   I'm worried about the 25 percent tax coming in January.

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