Croatian months
Information about Croatian months
The Croatian months used with the Gregorian calendar by Croats differ from the original Latin month names:
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 Polish and Czech, listopad means November and a name similar to Srpanj is used for August.
| No. | Latin name | English name | Croatian name | Croatian meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ianuarius | January | Siječanj | month of cutting (wood) |
| 2 | Februarius | February | Veljača | month of changingAlso, possibly from "Velja Noć (Great Night)", old Slavic pagan festival that falls in modern-day February |
| 3 | Martius | March | Ožujak | lying month |
| 4 | Aprilis | April | Travanj | em>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 Polish and Czech, listopad means November and a name similar to Srpanj is used for August.
See also
Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There is a notable Croat diaspora in western Europe, the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
Used for official purposes, but not spoken in everyday speech
Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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Listopad means "falling leaves" in several Slavic languages, and thus is used as the name for autumn months. In Czech and Polish it refers to November (see Czech months, Polish months), and in Croatian to October (see Croatian months).
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The Polish language is one of the Slavic languages that do not use Latin-derived month names.
english polish etymology
January styczen "touching" or "pole"
February luty "cruel" or "frosty"
March marzec1
April kwiecien "flowering"
May maj2
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english polish etymology
January styczen "touching" or "pole"
February luty "cruel" or "frosty"
March marzec1
April kwiecien "flowering"
May maj2
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The names of Czech months are, as in Polish, Croatian, Ukrainian and Belorussian not based on the Latin names used in most European languages.
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- January -- leden (ice month)
- February -- únor (month when ice dip)
- March -- březen (birch month)
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