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August

Au·gust [ áwgəst ] (plural Au·gusts)


noun 
Definition:
 
8th month of Gregorian calendar: in the Gregorian calendar, the eighth month of the year, lasting 31 days

[Pre-12th century. < Latin augustus, after the Roman emperor Augustus]
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