Czech months

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The names of Czech months are, as in Polish, Croatian, Ukrainian and Belorussian not based on the Latin names used in most European languages.

• January -- leden (ice month)
• February -- únor (month when ice drips)
• March -- březen (birch month)
• April -- duben (oak month)
• May -- květen (flower month)
• June -- červen (month of red worms)
• July -- červenec (month when fruit ripens)
• August -- srpen (sickle month)
• September -- září (month when the sun shines, but isn't hot)
• October -- říjen (rutting month)
• November -- listopad (falling leaves)
• December -- prosinec (probably from "prasinec", the month when pigs (prasata) were slaughtered) Or from "prosit" - to request

[edit] See also

• Croatian months
• Macedonian months
• Polish months
• Ukrainian months