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September
//sɛpˈtɛmbɚ// name
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox.
"Holonyms: calendar year; year"
- 2 Celi, Roman goddess of September rare
- 3 A female or male given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English]. rare
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:September."
Noun
- 1 the month following August and preceding October wordnet
Etymology
PIE word *septḿ̥ From Middle English, from late Old English, from Old French septembre, Latin September (“seventh month”), from septem (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”); + Latin -ber, from -bris, an adjectival suffix; September was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.
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