JANUARY : n : the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter
solstice [syn: January, Jan]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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[=a] 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.
