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We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury.
Franz Beckenbauer

Meaning of "January" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JANUARY

From Latin Jānuārius, from adj: (month) of Janus1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF JANUARY

January  [ˈdʒænjʊərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JANUARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
January is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JANUARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

January

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 in a common year, and ends on the same day of the week as July in a leap year. In all years, January begins and ends on the same day of the week as May of the previous year.

Definition of January in the English dictionary

The definition of January in the dictionary is the first month of the year, consisting of 31 days.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JANUARY


curie
ˈkjʊərɪ
Dioscuri
ˌdaɪɒsˈkjʊərɪ
electuary
ɪˈlɛktjʊərɪ
estuary
ˈɛstjʊərɪ
fury
ˈfjʊərɪ
megacurie
ˈmeɡəˌkjʊərɪ
microcurie
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkjʊərɪ
millicurie
ˈmɪlɪˌkjʊərɪ
Newry
ˈnjʊərɪ
obituary
əˈbɪtjʊərɪ
ossuary
ˈɒsjʊərɪ
residuary
rɪˈzɪdjʊərɪ
sanctuary
ˈsæŋktjʊərɪ
statuary
ˈstætjʊərɪ
sumptuary
ˈsʌmptjʊərɪ
textuary
ˈtɛkstjʊərɪ
Urey
ˈjʊərɪ
usufructuary
ˌjuːzjʊˈfrʌktjʊərɪ
Venturi
vɛnˈtjʊərɪ
voluptuary
vəˈlʌptjʊərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JANUARY

Janjaweed
Janjawid
janker
jann
jannies
jannock
janny
Janola
Jansen
Jansenism
Jansenist
Jansenistic
Jansenistical
jansky
janty
Januaries
January sales
Janus
Janus-faced
Jap

WORDS THAT END LIKE JANUARY

abortuary
actuary
animal sanctuary
antiquary
bird sanctuary
February
fructuary
mortuary
noctuary
promptuary
quaestuary
reliquary
river estuary
tumultuary
wildlife sanctuary

Synonyms and antonyms of January in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «January» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JANUARY

Find out the translation of January to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of January from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «January» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一月
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enero
570 millions of speakers

English

January
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जनवरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَنَايِر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

январь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

janeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জানুয়ারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

janvier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Januari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Januar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一月
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

1월
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Januari
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tháng Một
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஜனவரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जानेवारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ocak ayı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gennaio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

styczeń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

січень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ianuarie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ιανουάριος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Januarie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

januari
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

januar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of January

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JANUARY»

The term «January» is very widely used and occupies the 1.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JANUARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «January» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «January» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about January

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10 QUOTES WITH «JANUARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word January.
1
Franz Beckenbauer
We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury.
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Hal Borland
Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
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Corrine Brown
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, was put into effect on January 1, 1863, but news of the Proclamation and enforcement did not reach Texas until after the end of the Civil War almost two years later.
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Michael Burgess
On January 1, 2006, Medicare will begin to offer a prescription drug benefit, and for the first time, it will place an emphasis on preventive care and early treatment of disease.
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Gerard Butler
I started singing for The Phantom in January, and we started filming in October and I sang all the way through to the next June. In fact, I was singing for about two months before I even knew I had the role.
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Howie Carr
Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight.
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Will Champion
The first time we all played as a band, I think it was in January 1998, in Jonny's bedroom.
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Marin Cilic
The most special Slam is Wimbledon, of course. But where I feel the best is Melbourne. And you're happy that you're playing. When you get to the middle of the season, everything is week after week, and it's all routine. But when it's Melbourne in January, you are fresh and you want to play. It's nice.
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Gary Cole
I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JANUARY»

Discover the use of January in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to January and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her ...
Potent psychiatric drugs that would level most adults barely faze her. A New York Times bestseller, January First captures Michael and his family's remarkable story in a narrative that forges new territory within books about mental illness.
Michael Schofield, 2012
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After January
This January is different.
Nick Earls, 1996
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The Two Faces of January
When Chester MacFarland, an American embezzler, runs into trouble with a Greek policeman in Athens, Rydal Keener, a fellow American offers to provide him with an alibi.
Patricia Highsmith, 1988
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Genocide: Modern Crimes Against Humanity
Looks at genocides of six different peoples--the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire, the Jews of Europe, the Cambodians, the Tutsis of Rwanda, the Muslims of Bosnia, and Darfur tribes of Sudan.
Brendan January, 2007
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"January Thaw,"
Playbook.
‎1946
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January
New Year's Day 1999 brings a strange solar flare, widescale power outages, and the death of everyone on Earth over twenty years old, leaving desperate teenagers to face the awakened Demon called Lilith.
Daniel Parker, 1998
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Can You Trust a Tomato in January?
An informative tour of the grocery store answers questions about the history, marketing, economics, and nutrition of modern food
Vince Staten, 1994
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The Night of January 16th
On one level, Night of January 16th is a totally gripping drama about the rise and destruction of a brilliant and ruthless man. On a deeper level, it is a superb dramatic objectification of Ayn Rand's vision of human strength and weakness.
Ayn Rand, 1971
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The Silent Partner: A Novel and The Tenth of January, a ...
A novel and a short story depict the efforts of women factory workers in the 1860s to overcome the harsh conditions of their lives
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1871
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My Life in Germany Before and After January 30, 1933: A ...
This collection of memoirs by refugees from Nazi Germany is a rich source of autobiographical information on the Nazi era.
Harry Liebersohn, Dorothee Schneider, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JANUARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term January is used in the context of the following news items.
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Majority Of California Licenses Issued Since January Went To …
After a new law went into effect in January, more than half of all new driver's licenses issued in California this year have gone to people who are ... «KPBS, Jul 15»
2
Eight ZPD officers disciplined since January
Eight ZPD officers disciplined since January. Eric Lagatta, elagatta@zanesvilletimesrecorder.com 5:23 p.m. EDT July 17, 2015. Miller. Ken Miller. CONNECT 1 ... «Zanesville Times Recorder, Jul 15»
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Bobby Simhaa, Reshmi Menon to tie the knot in January 2016 | The …
They will get engaged in August and marry in January next year,” a source close to Simhaa told IANS. Simhaa and Reshmi have been dating ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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'State-of-the-art' Masonic Center expected to be finished by January
The 17,000-square-foot building, which will be constructed of brick and precast stone, is expected to be completed by the end of January 2016. «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
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PREV 2 Orange Park men charged with sexual battery in January case
Two Orange Park men are charged with sexual battery following DNA testing involving a January case. Police arrested Spencer Cody Andres, ... «Florida Times-Union, Jul 15»
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Crude Caps Longest Run of Weekly Losses Since January on Glut …
Brent oil capped the longest run of weekly declines since January as ample inventories and an accord to ease sanctions on Iran suggested ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
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Not picking up: Indian M&As value in January-June lowest since …
The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the country shrunk for the first time since 2012 to $15.8 billion with 277 deals in the first six ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
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Man in custody in connection with January homicide - WBBJ-TV
JACKSON, Tenn.-A jackson man is in custody for a homicide that happened in January. According to a release, around 6 p.m. on January 26, ... «WBBJ-TV, Jul 15»
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COCKTALES | Osmeña-Roxas tighten political … - InterAksyon
COCKTALES | Osmeña-Roxas tighten political alliance with a January wedding. By: Victor C. Agustin July 18, 2015 3:35 PM ... «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
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Chicago will have nation's highest big-city sales tax rate come January
Chicago next year will once again have the highest sales tax rate of any major U.S. city, according to a new analysis from a tax policy research ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»

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