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Tenth Month

Tenth Month proper noun: october, the tenth month of the year.

Proper noun

Tenth Month

  1. (Quakerism) October, the tenth month of the year.

Origin of Tenth Month

Named for being the tenth month and to avoid October, as part of a larger trend of avoiding calendar months named after Roman deities and political leaders.

Questions about Tenth Month

What does Tenth Month mean?
Tenth Month means october, the tenth month of the year.
What part of speech is Tenth Month?
Tenth Month is a proper noun.

Words near Tenth Month in the dictionary

  1. tenth cranial nerve
  2. tenth grade
  3. tenth grader
  4. tenth graders
  5. tenth grades
  6. Tenth Month
  7. tenth-rate
  8. tenthed
  9. tenthing
  10. tenthly
  11. tenthmeter

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