Croatian months

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The Croatian months used with the Gregorian calendar by Croats differ from the original Latin month names:

No.	Latin name	English name	Croatian name	Croatian meaning^{[citation needed]}
1	Ianuarius	January	Siječanj	month of cutting (wood)
2	Februarius	February	Veljača	month of changing^{[dubious — see talk page]}
3	Martius	March	Ožujak	lying month
4	Aprilis	April	Travanj	month of grass
5	Maius	May	Svibanj	month of budding
6	Iunius	June	Lipanj	month of the lipa (lime) tree
7	Iulius	July	Srpanj	month of reaping (with a sickle)
8	Augustus	August	Kolovoz	month of driving the wagon (for harvest) - kolo+ voziti
9	September	September	Rujan	red month (leaves get red before falling)
10	October	October	Listopad	month of falling leaves list+padati
11	November	November	Studeni	cold month
12	December	December	Prosinac	the beginning of the Sun's shining

Note: some names are derived from archaic Croatian-Slavic words that are no longer found in standard Croatian dictionaries. In some cases even the meaning of those words is ambiguous.