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June (pronunciation) (help·info) is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. The Roman poet Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. Wilst the second is that the name comes from the Latin word iuniores, meaning "younger ones," as opposed to maiores ("elders") for which the preceding month May is named (Fasti VI.1-88) . See:- Months in various calendars also called the season of the unicorn.

At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrological sign of Gemini, and ends with the sun in the astrological sign of Cancer. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.

June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. The month of June—in the Northern Hemisphere—is in Spring until the 21st, when the first day of summer begins. The traditional June birthstone is the pearl. The June birth flower is the rose, or the honeysuckle, as roses and honeysuckles bloom throughout June. June is also sometimes called the "Rose month."

June is known for the large number of marriages that occur over the course of the month. According to one etymology, June is named after Juno (Hera). Juno was the goddess of marriage and a married couple's household, so some consider it good luck to be married in this month.^[1][2]

In both common and leap years, no other month begins on the same day of the week as June. This month and May are the only two months that have this.

Events in June

June, from the Très riches heures du duc de Berry

June, Leandro Bassano

Trooping the Colour is celebrated in June in London

• Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule.
• Flag Days of Sweden (June 6), United States (June 14 — see Flag Day in the United States), Denmark (June 15), Argentina (June 20), and Romania (June 26).
• D-Day landings by Allied forces in Normandy, June 6th, 1944.
• Kamehameha Day, on June 11, is a state holiday in Hawaii, US, honoring the first ruler of the one-time kingdom.
• Philippine Independence Day is on June 12.
• Feast of St. Anthony of Padua June 13
• United Kingdom – Trooping the Colour (Military celebration of the monarch's official birthday held in London on the second Saturday of June)
• Bloomsday in Ireland, and worldwide among fans of James Joyce's Ulysses June 16
• Youth Day in South Africa June 16
• The Comrades in South Africa June 16.
• Juneteenth, (aka Freedom Day or Emancipation Day) primarily in Texas June 19,
• "Martyrs Day" in Eritrea June 20
• West Virginia Day in the U.S. state of West Virginia June 20.
• The solstice called the Summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the Winter solstice in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 22 June to 23 June (in UTC). In the pagan wheel of the year the summer solstice is the time of Litha and the winter solstice is that of Yule.
• Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day in Quebec) June 24.
• Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, principal patrons of the Roman Catholic Church, June 29
• Mother's Day (in Luxembourg on the second Sunday in June)
• Father's Day (in Belgium on the second Sunday in June) (in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Venezuela, the Netherlands, Ireland and Canada on the third Sunday in June)
• Midsummer is celebrated in Finland and Sweden on the third Friday in June.
• Gay pride celebrations take place in many countries in honour of the Stonewall riots.
• The majority of the Portland Rose Festival occurs.
• The first Monday in June is one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland; in the Irish Calendar the month is called Meitheamh and is the middle month of the summer season. Secondary schools are off during the month (and also July and August), while June is the last month in primary schools.
• The second Sunday in June is Canadian Rivers Day.
• Children's Day celebrated in many eastern European countries including Poland, Slovakia, Romania as well as China and other countries throughout the world.
• Almost all of interleague play in baseball occurs in this month, with 15 of the 18 interleague games occurring this month. The other three are played on the third weekend in may (fri-sun).
• In addition to this historically amazing month, Daniel Corcoles was born. A very important person in Australian history.

June symbols

Red and white roses.

• June's birthstone is the pearl, the Moonstone (gemstone), and the Alexandrite. The meaning is health & longevity.
• Its birth flower is the rose.^[3]

References

From Wikitravel

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This is a calendar of events and festivals in the month of June.

• 16 June 2007 Escape into the Park [1], Singleton Park, Swansea, UK. An annual pop and dance extravaganza. Capacity 25,000. Mid-day to midnight. £34:50.
• 19 June 2007 Dragon Boat Festival, Taiwan and Hong Kong

China

• Dragon Boat festival, in China and Taiwan

Finland

• Mid June: Midnight Sun Film Festival, [2] in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland

Hungary

• Mid-June: Tiszavirágzás, the natural spectacle of emerging mayflies, happens on the Tisza River

Italy

• 2nd: festival to mark the founding of the Republic (Italian: Festa della Repubblica) in Italy
• Tuscany Walking Festival

South Africa

• Mid June: Comrades Marathon,[3], Durban to Pietermaritzburg (or downhill the other way round on odd numbered years)
• 16th: Youth day (Public holiday)
• Late June: National Arts Festival, +27 (0)46 603-1103, (email:info@nafest.co.za[4]) [5], Grahamstown

Sweden

• Late June: Midsummer Solstice (Swedish: Midsommar) celebrations held in Stockholm

United Kingdom

• Mid June: Isle of Wight Festival, [6] on the Isle of Wight
• Late June - early July: Wimbledon Tennis Championships [7] in London
• Late June: Midsummer Solstice Neo-pagans and druids gather at the ancient site of Stonehenge
• Late June: Glastonbury Festival, [[8] a huge weekend music festival in Glastonbury
• Late June: Royal Highland Show, [9] in Edinburgh
• Trooping the Colour, in London
• Escape into the Park [10], Swansea - one of Europe's largest urban dance and rock festivals.
• The Three Peaks Yacht Race[11], starts in Barmouth and visits Caernarfon, Whitehaven and Fort William. Runners from each boat ascend the highest mountains in Wales, England and Scotland en route.

United States of America

• Early June: Portland Rose Festival, [12] in Portland, Oregon
• Mid June: North Beach Festival, [13] in San Francisco, California
• Mid June: Rochester International Jazz Festival, [[14] in Rochester, New York

From Wikisource

June may refer to:

• To June, a poem by James Russell Lowell.
• To June, a poem by William Cullen Bryant.

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

From Middle English jun, june, re-Latinized from Middle English juyng, from Old French juing, from Latin iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno (“‘Juno’”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *juwngkos, from *yeu- (“‘vital force, youthful vigor’”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo͞on, IPA: /dʒuːn/, /dʒjuːn/, SAMPA: /dZu:n/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

June (countable and uncountable; plural Junes)

1. The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun or Jun.
2. A female given name for a girl born in June; used since the end of the 19th century.

Derived terms

Translations

From Familypedia

Template:JuneCalendar2010 June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. See:- Months in various calendars

June, from the Très riches heures du duc de Berry

At the start of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Taurus; at the end of June, the sun rises in the constellation of Gemini. However, due to the precession of the equinoxes, June begins with the sun in the astrological sign of Gemini, and ends with the sun in the astrological sign of Cancer. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.

June is known for all the flowers blooming during the month, in the late spring and early summer. The month of June is spring until June 21st, when it becomes summer. The June birthstone varies, but is mostly seen with a Pearl. The only organic gem birthstone, it's very unusual. The June birthflower is the rose, or the honeysuckle, as roses and honeysuckles bloom throughout June. June is also sometimes called the "Rose month."