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July
WordNet
noun
(1) The month following June and preceding August
WiktionaryText
Etymology
iulius, from Anglo-French julie, from jule from (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove", from Iuppiter, from Proto-Indo-European *dyeu-pəter-, vocative case of godfather, from Proto-Indo-European *deiw-os, god, + *pəter, father
Proper noun
- The seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August. Abbreviation: Jul or Jul.