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The months of the year used with the Gregorian calendar in the Ukrainian language differ from the original Latin month names:
| No. |
English name |
Ukrainian name |
Transliteration |
Ukrainian meaning |
| 1 |
January |
Січень |
Sichen' |
month of dreadful ice |
| 2 |
February |
Лютий |
Liutyi |
cruel or frosty |
| 3 |
March |
Березень |
Berezen' |
month of the bereza (birch) |
| 4 |
April |
Квітень |
Kviten' |
month of flowering |
| 5 |
May |
Травень |
Traven' |
month of grass |
| 6 |
June |
Червень |
Cherven' |
month of the May bug |
| 7 |
July |
Липень |
Lypen' |
month of the lipa (tilia) |
| 8 |
August |
Серпень |
Serpen' |
month of the sickle |
| 9 |
September |
Вересень |
Veresen' |
heather |
| 10 |
October |
Жовтень |
Zhovten' |
yellow month |
| 11 |
November |
Листопад |
Lystopad |
month of falling leaves |
| 12 |
December |
Грудень |
Hruden' |
month of frozen clods |
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