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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
January /ˈdʒanjʊ(ə)ri/

▶noun (pl. Januaries) the first month of the year.

– origin OE, from L. Januarius (mensis) ‘(month) of Janus’ (the Roman god of doors and beginnings).

'January' also found in these Oxford entries:

Aquarius - circumcision - dominical letter - epiphany - Hilary term - intersession - Jan. - Kwanzaa - millennium bug - New Year's Day - Sebat - Tebet - Twelfth Night - year

Forum discussions with the word(s) "January" in the title:

<From, since> January <to, until> April Diego didn't clean his room.
at January 1, 2010
At the end of January
File it in or for January
FROM the 14 January until the 23rd"
I am regretting my being born in January
I have been offered a position starting in January ....
In January and February, when...
in the 20s of January
in the year to last January
In/On January 2005
It was at the end of January when~
January 7 or January 7th
January 9th, 2008 OR January 9, 2007.
On January 4, the temperature shot up
Preposition: This meeting has been postponed <on, to> January 30.
sunday, monday, january
The 23rd january work for me perfectly
The meeting of January 27th
To correct the text for January 30, 2006, please
Today it (?) is the 22nd of January, 2007
watched ... the January sales rush stream by
Why Monday, not monday; why January, not january?

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