Dictionary entry

July

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ju‐ly″ (?), n.; pl.Julies (#). [L. Julius; — named from Caius Julius Cæsar, who was born in this month: cf. F. Juillet.] The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

☞ This month was called Quintilis, or the fifth month, according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was the first month of the year.