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Twelfth Month

Twelfth Month proper noun: december, the twelfth month of the year.

Proper noun

Twelfth Month

  1. (Quakerism) December, the twelfth month of the year.

Origin of Twelfth Month

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

Questions about Twelfth Month

What does Twelfth Month mean?
Twelfth Month means december, the twelfth month of the year.
What part of speech is Twelfth Month?
Twelfth Month is a proper noun.

Words near Twelfth Month in the dictionary

  1. twelfth grader
  2. twelfth graders
  3. twelfth grades
  4. twelfth man
  5. twelfth men
  6. Twelfth Month
  7. Twelfth Night
  8. Twelfth Night pie
  9. Twelfth Night pies
  10. Twelfth Nights
  11. twelfth pie

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