HOW TO PRONOUNCE
january
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/
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What does january mean?
proper noun
- The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.
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proper noun
- (rare) A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English].
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒæn.juˌɛɹi/
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On the evening of January 29 I had a vision of a beautiful woman with a child kneeling at her feet.
By the first of January she had eight one-hour pupils and ten half-hour pupils, and there would be more in the summer.
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They shall be elected at the first regular business meeting in January and serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
The week beginning on Monday, January 30, was spent in bringing up coal, wood, oil, and our whole supply of dried fish.
On January 9 the weather was overcast and fairly thick drift was flying in a wind reaching about fifty miles an hour.