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Jan

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(jăn)
n.1.(Moham. Myth.) One of an intermediate order between angels and men.
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Noun1.JanJan - the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
Inauguration Day, January 20 - the day designated for inauguration of the United States President
Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar - the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
New Year's, New Year's Day, January 1 - the first day of the year
Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday - observed on the Monday closest to January 15
Tet - the New Year in Vietnam; observed for three days after the first full moon after January 20th
January 20, Saint Agnes's Eve - a Christian holy day
Solemnity of Mary, January 1 - (Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation
Epiphany of Our Lord, January 6, Three Kings' Day, Twelfth day, Epiphany - twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
Twelfth night - eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Noel, Yule, Yuletide - period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
Gregorian calendar month - a month in the Gregorian calendar
mid-January - the middle part of January
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Jan abbr of JanuaryJan.

Jan
written abbr Jan
January. Jan, Januarie شَهْر كانون ثاني ян. leden (zkratka) jan. der Januar Ιανουάριος (συντομογρ.) enero jaan (lühend sõnast jaanuar) ژانویه tammikuu janvier יָנוּאָר जनवरी मास kratica za „January“ - siječanj jan. Jan genn. 一月 1월 sausis janvāris Jan jan., januari stycz. январь január (skratka) januar jan. januari เดือนมกราคม Ocak (ayı) 一月(書面縮寫) (書面語縮寫式) січень جنوری کا اختصار tháng giêng


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Jelinek put on his long wolfskin coat, and when we admired it, he told us that he had shot and skinned the coyotes, and the young man who `batched' with him, Jan Bouska, who had been a fur-worker in Vienna, made the coat.
"Yes, you do," says Jan, "you see when you were a little girl.
Doubtless General Jan Smuts would be glad to meet and question her.
 
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