January
January
noun
/ˈdʒænjuəri/
uncountable, countable
(abbreviation Jan.)
​the 1st month of the year, between December and February
She was born in January.
(British English) The meeting is on the fifth of January/January the fifth.
(North American English) The meeting is on January fifth.
We went to Japan last January.
I arrived at the end of January.
last January's election
the January sales (= when a shop sells its goods at a lower price than usual)
It was a cold January morning.
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Word Origin
Old English, from Latin Januarius (mensis) ‘(month) of Janus’, the Roman god who presided over doors and beginnings.