July Meaning

/d͡ʒʊˈlaɪ/
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nounThe seventh month of the year.

nameThe seventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following June and preceding August.

He was born on July 28th, 1888.
The company recalled all the baby food made in July.
The months of July and August are the hottest.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hottest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere is ____, with temperatures often exceeding 40°C.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather is usually very hot and sunny in ____, making it a popular time for summer vacations.

Etymology tree Latin Iūlius Latin iūlius Old French jule Anglo-Norman juliebor. Middle English Julie English July From Middle English Julie, julye, iulius, from Anglo-Norman julie, from Old French jule, juil, from Latin iūlius (Gaius Julius Caesar's month), perhaps a contraction of *Iovilios, "descended from Jove".

"From July 2025, the income assessment method for young couples buying BTO flats will be tweaked." — 2025 March 28, Ryan J, “HDB Just Made It Easier For Young Couples To Buy Flats: But Not Everyone Is Happy”, in STACKED:
"By 1880, in his early to middle twenties, he had married a literate woman named July, who would be his first of three wives. Riley continued to live close to his parents, James and Frances, whose house was just three doors down and who still had four of their own children living with them in addition to a grandson." — 2004, Eric Arnesen, The Human Tradition in American Labor History, →ISBN, page 73:
"In Prairie County, Arkansas, in March 1863, a black woman named July, born free in Tennessee but under indenture to a white man until she turned twenty-one, was brought before a circuit court when she was just short of reaching her age of freedom." — 2003, William C. Davis, Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America, →ISBN, page 153:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hottest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere is ____, with temperatures often exceeding 40°C.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The weather is usually very hot and sunny in ____, making it a popular time for summer vacations.

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