Junes

Proper noun (1)

June (plural Junes)

1. The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July, containing the northern solstice.
   • Holonyms: calendar year; year

   Synonyms:

   Sixth Month

2. A female given name transferred from the month name [in turn from English], for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
   • Her parents were old, really old. That's why they'd given her such an old-fashioned name. June, because she was born in June. If she'd been born in November would they have called her November? June was a name for women in sitcoms and soap operas, the name of women who knit with synthetic wool and...2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 29

Proper noun (2)

June

1. A male given name, or more often nickname, for a boy who is junior to someone else, especially someone with the same name, such as his father.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.

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