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January

First month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars

Also known as Jan · 1. month

Instance of: calendar month
Subclass of: month of the Gregorian calendar
Part of: Julian calendar
, Gregorian calendar
, Swedish calendar

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January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere. In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

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Followed by: February
Follows: December criterion used: cyclic process
Named after: Janus(since -0713) subject named as: Ianuarius · language: Latin · named by: Numa Pompilius
ice applies to name of subject: leden
tanning subject named as: louwmaand · language: Old Dutch
New Year subject named as: о̄дтыгьманн · language: Kildin Sami
New Year subject named as: ođđeeʹjjmään · language: Skolt Sami
New Year subject named as: uđđâivemáánu · language: Inari Sami
New Year subject named as: ođđajagimánnu · language: Northern Sami
Permanent duplicated item: Q21198834
Q23014466
Q23014467
Q28790346
Name: января criterion used: genitive case
stycznia criterion used: genitive case
студзеня criterion used: genitive case
þæs Æfterran Geolan criterion used: genitive case
ledna criterion used: genitive case
Time index: 0.5 months relative to: beginning of the year
Different from: 1st month
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Depicted by: Allegory of January
Fountain of January
January
Short name: Jan
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Category for births in this time period: Category:People born in January
Category for deaths in this time period: Category:People dead in January

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37 identifiers linking January across the web's reference databases

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