Jăn'ū-a-ry, n.

n. [Lat. Januarius, from Janus, an old Italian deity, the god of the sun and the year, to whom the month of January was sacred; Fr. Janvier, Pr. Januer, Januier, It. Gennajo, Pg. Janeiro, Sp. Enero. See infra.] The first month of the year, according to the present computation.