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The month June is named after the Roman goddess Juno (Greek goddess Hera). They believed it was the luckiest month for marriage, Juno being the goddess of marriage. This is because there are a lot of rainbows in the month of June and the goddess of rainbows was Iris, Junos messenger who was always with her.
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Where did June get its name?
The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera.
Which goddess was the month of June named for?
May is named after the Roman goddess Maia, a minor goddess of spring and fertility and the mother of the god Hermes.
Why is the month jun called June?
it is latin, it comes from junius named after juno queen of the gods.
Were does the name October come from?
The name of the month October comes from the Latin for 'eighth', because in the old Roman calender October was the eighth month of the year.
How did the month May get its name?
It likely comes from the the Latin word aperire, to open. It was named this because this was the month when the flowers start to open.Another suggestion is that it comes from the Greek goddess Aphrodite (Latin Aphros), the equivalent of Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
