June

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June / joōn/ • n. the sixth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of summer: the roses flower in June | [as adj.] a June afternoon.

June

views updated May 17 2018

June the sixth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the first month of summer. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes via Old French from Latin Junius (mensis) ‘(month) of June’, variant of Junonius ‘sacred to Juno’.
June War the Arab name for the Six Day War.

June

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June XII. —(O)F. juin :- L. Jūnius, var. of Jūnōnius sacred to the goddess Juno.