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August

 
Dictionary: Au·gust   (ô'gəst) pronunciation
n. (Abbr. Aug.)
The eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin (mēnsis) Augustus, (month) of Augustus, after AUGUSTUS.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the month following July and preceding September
  Synonym: Aug


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August En-us-August.ogg (pronunciation) is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31 days.[1]

This month was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year. About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus, who did not take a day from February (see the debunked theory on month lengths).

In common years no other month starts on the same day of the week as August, though in leap years February starts on the same day.

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Other names

  • In Arabic, the month is called أغسطس ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and person to person.
  • In Bulgarian, the month is known as Август
  • In Chinese, the month is known as 八月 meaning, simply, "eighth month."
  • In Croatian, the month is called kolovoz
  • In Czech, the month is called srpen
  • In Dhivehi, the month is called Augastu
  • In Dutch the month is called Augustus
  • In Estonian the month is called august
  • In Filipino, the month is called agosto, from a Spanish origin
  • In Finnish, the month is called elokuu, meaning "month of reaping" or literally, "month of life".
  • In French, the month is called août (pronounced OOT or just OO) derived from the Latin augustus.
  • In Greek, the month is called Avgoustos (Αύγουστος')
  • In Hungarian, the month is called augusztus
  • In Indonesian, the month is known as Agustus
  • In Irish, August is known as Lúnasa, a modern rendition of Lughnasadh, from the god Lugh.
  • In Italian, the month is called Agosto form latin Augustus.
  • In Japanese, the month is called hachigatsu (八月), meaning, simply, "eighth month."
  • In Korean, the month is called parwol (팔월, 八月) meaning, simply, "eighth month."
  • In Latvian, the month is called Augusts
  • In Lithuanian, the month is called rugpjūtis
  • In Malay, the month is known as Ogos
  • In Persian, the month is called آگوست
  • In Polish, the month is called sierpień, meaning "[month of the] sickle".
  • In Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, the month is called agosto.
  • In Romanian, the month is called august
  • In Russian, the month is called avgust (авгуcт)
  • In Serbian the month is called avgust (авгуcт)
  • In Spanish the month is called "agosto"
  • In Swedish, the month is named augusti, literally plural of the Latin augustus – "the venerable".
  • In Thai, the month is called Sing-ha-kom representing the Singha (lion)
  • In Turkish, the month is called Ağustos
  • In Ukrainian, the month is called Серпень
  • In Vietnamese, the month is called Thang Tam
  • In Welsh, the month is called Awst

Events in August

August, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry showing a group of travelers and the Duc's Château d'Étampes in the background.

Monthlong events in August

  • Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August
  • National Immunization Awareness Month
  • National Psoriasis Awareness Month
  • Women's Small Business Month
  • In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers
  • The Philippines celebrates August as the Buwan ng Wika ("Language Month")
  • In the United States, August is National Back to School month. Some US School districts and systems return to school in August.
  • In the United States, August is National Goat Cheese Month.[2]

Weeklong events in August

Other August events

Daily events in August

Last Sunday

  • The Philippines celebrates National Heroes Day in commemoration of the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution on August 23, 1896.

August symbols

August's birthstone is the peridot or onyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family.[3]

References

  1. ^ "August." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 Sep. 2008.
  2. ^ Bober, Mike. Celebrate National Goat Cheese Month with Local Favorites.
  3. ^ Birth months, flowers, and gemstones

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Translations: August
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ærefrygtindgydende, majestætisk, ophøjet

n. - august

Nederlands (Dutch)
de maand augustus, groots, verheven

Français (French)
adj. - auguste, imposant, majestueux

n. - août

Deutsch (German)
adj. - erhaben

n. - August

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ο μήνας) Αύγουστος
adj. - σεπτός, επιβλητικός, μεγαλοπρεπής

Italiano (Italian)
agosto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - agosto (m)
adj. - augusto, majestoso, venerável

Русский (Russian)
август, полный достоинства

Español (Spanish)
adj. - augusto, sobrio

n. - agosto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Augusti
adj. - upphöjd, majestätisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
八月

威严的, 令人敬畏的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 八月

adj. - 威嚴的, 令人敬畏的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 당당한, 존경할 만한

n. - 8월

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 8月
adj. - 威厳のある, 気高い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شهر آب : أغسطس (صفه) الشهر الثامن من السنه الميلاديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מעורר כבוד, אצילי‬
n. - ‮אוגוסט‬


 
 
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