This month was originally named...
Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year. About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus, who did not take a day from February (see the debunked theory on month lengths). According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
In common years no other month starts on the same day of the week as August, though in leap years February starts on the same day. August ends on the same day of the week as November every year.
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Other Names:
• In Afrikaans, the month is called augustus
• In Albanian, the month is called Gusht
• In Arabic, the month is called أغسطس ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and person to person.
• In Azerbaijani, the month is called Avqust.
• In Basque, the month is called Abuztua.
• In Bosnian, the month is called Avgust.
• In Bulgarian, the month is known as Август
• In Catalan, the month is called agost from the Latin Augustus.
• In Chinese, the month is known as 八月 meaning, simply, "eighth month."
• In Croatian, the month is called Kolovoz
• In Czech, the month is called srpen
• In Danish the month is called August
• In Dhivehi, the month is called Augastu
• In Dutch the month is called augustus
• In Estonian the month is called august
• In Filipino, the month is called agosto, from a Spanish origin
• In Finnish, the month is called elokuu, meaning "harvest month"
• In French, the month is called août (pronounced "OOT" or just "OO") derived from the Latin augustus.
• In Galician, the month is called Agosto.
• In Georgian, the month is called Agvist'os
• In German, the month is called August (August')
• In Greek, the month is called Avgoustos (Αύγουστος')
• In Hebrew, the month is called Ogust or Av (אב) - the parallel month in the Jewish calendar.
• In Hungarian, the month is called augusztus
• In Icelandic, the month is called Ágúst.
• In Indonesian, the month is known as Agustus
• In Irish, August is known as Lúnasa, a modern rendition of Lughnasadh, from the god Lugh.
• In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, the month is called agosto from the Latin Augustus.
• In Japanese, the month is called hachigatsu (八月), meaning, simply, "eighth month.In classical Japanese the name is ”葉月”Meaning, month of leaves"
• In Korean, the month is called parwol (팔월, 八月) meaning, simply, "eighth month."
• In Latvian, the month is called Augusts
• In Lithuanian, the month is called rugpjūtis
• In Malay, the month is known as Ogos
• In Maltese,the month is called Awissu
• In Persian, the month is called اوت و آگوست (ut, also Agust)
• In Polish, the month is called sierpień, meaning "[month of the] sickle".
• In Romanian, the month is called august
• In Russian, the month is called avgust (авгуcт)
• In Samoan, the month is called aukuso
• In Serbian the month is called avgust (авгуcт)
• In Sinhalese the month is called අගෝස්තු "agostu"
• In Slovenian, the month is called Avgust.
• In Spanish, the month is called agosto
• In Swahili, the month is called Agosti.
• In Swedish, the month is named augusti, literally plural of the Latin augustus – "the venerable".
• In Thai, the month is called สิงหาคม Sing-ha-kom representing the Singha (lion)
• In Turkish, the month is called Ağustos
• In Ukrainian, the month is called Серпень
• In Vietnamese, the month is called Thang Tam (Or simply called the 'Eighth Month')
• In Welsh, the month is called Awst
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According to meteorologists, summer extends for the whole months of June, July and August in the northern hemisphere and the whole months of December, January and February in the southern hemisphere. This meteorological definition of summer also aligns with the commonly viewed notion of summer as the season with the longest (and warmest) days of the year, in which daylight predominates.
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August has 31 Days
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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August Categories
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Significant August:
• August Birthstone: Sardonyx, peridot. Meaning: Married Happiness
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August Birth Flowers:
Gladiolus & Poppy
Poppies have long been used as a symbol of both sleep and death: sleep because of the opium extracted from them, and death because of the common blood-red color of the red poppy in particular. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. Poppies used as emblems on tombstones symbolize eternal sleep. This symbolism was evoked in the children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which a magical poppy field threatened to make the protagonists to sleep forever.
A second interpretation of poppies in Classical mythology is that the bright scarlet colour signifies a promise of resurrection after death.
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Zodiac Signs:
Leo & Virgo
Leo the lion, July 23 - August 22.
Virgo the Virgin, August 23 - September 22.
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August Party Planner:
• During the first week of August in Wales, the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held, in which many aspects of Welsh art and culture are celebrated.
• During the first week of August in Sweden, the Medieval Week of Wisby in Gotland is held each year.
• During the first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week.
• The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is held the first full week in August each year.
• The middle week of August is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.
• The Pennsic War, a massive gathering of the Society for Creative Anachronism, takes place about the first week of August every year.
• The first week of August is "Indian Week" for the Penobscot Tribe in Old Town, Maine. In this week, members of the Penobscot Tribe from all over Maine venture to the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation in Old Town and take part in games, Native American arts and crafts, pow-wows, cook-outs, etc.
Other August events
• The first full weekend in August each year, Twinsburg, Ohio, celebrates Twins Days.
• Bon festival – (Obon Festival) is a Japanese traditional buddhist custom, evolved into a family reunion holiday. Many Japanese manufacturers and firms give their employees three to five days off around August 15.
- Every Month
Meatless Monday is a public health awareness campaign promoting meatless, low-fat meals once a week as part of a goal to reduce the saturated fat in American diets by 15% by the year 2010."
Gnocchi Day (29)
"The Europeans brought many of their influences to Argentina and one of their great contributions was the gnocchi. Apparently Argentineans were pretty impressed with this food because it not only received its own day of the year, it received its own 12 days of the year. The 29th of every month is Gnocchi Day, (or as the Argentineans call it “ñoquis del 29″)"
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