Definition of february. Meaning of february. Synonyms of february

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Definition of february

February
February Feb"ru*a*ry, n. [L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

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- February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the 29th...
- The February Revolution (Russian: Февральская революция), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and sometimes...
- February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is...
- Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. February is the second month of the year. February may also refer to: February (2003 film), a Thai...
- February 26 incident (二・二六事件, Ni Ni-Roku Jiken, also known as the 2–26 incident) was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of ****an on 26 February 1936...
- February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year (308 in leap years). 380 – Edict of Thessalonica:...
- February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 310 days remain until the end of the year (311 in leap years). 484 – King Huneric of...
- February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 333 days remain until the end of the year (334 in leap years). 1327 – The teenaged Edward...
- The February Manifesto, also known as His Imperial Majesty's Graceful Announcement (decree collection 3/1899) was a legislative act given by Emperor of...
- February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 319 days remain until the end of the year (320 in leap years). 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius...