Croatian months
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Template:Orphan The Croatian months used with the Gregorian calendar by Croats differ from the original Latin month names:
| No. | Latin name | English name | Croatian name | Croatian meaning[citation needed] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ianuarius | January | Siječanj | month of cutting (wood) |
| 2 | Februarius | February | Veljača | month of changing[dubious]Also, possibly from "Velja Noć (Great Night)", old Slavic pagan festival that falls in modern-day February[dubious] |
| 3 | Martius | March | Ožujak | lying month |
| 4 | Aprilis | April | Travanj | month of grass |
| 5 | Maius | May | Svibanj | month of budding (svibovina = Cornel tree) |
| 6 | Iunius | June | Lipanj | month of the lipa (lime) tree |
| 7 | Iulius | July | Srpanj | month of reaping (with a sickle) |
| 8 | Augustus | August | Kolovoz | month of driving the wagon (for harvest) - kolo+ voziti |
| 9 | September | September | Rujan | red month (rujno - adj. red, and also ripe) |
| 10 | October | October | Listopad | month of falling leaves list+padati |
| 11 | November | November | Studeni | cold month |
| 12 | December | December | Prosinac | the beginning of the Sun's shining |
Note: some names are derived from archaic Croatian-Slavic words that are no longer found in standard Croatian dictionaries. In some cases even the meaning of those words is ambiguous.
Note: In Macedonian, Listopad is also the (archaic) name for October but in Polish and Czech, listopad means November.
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