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August

In 8 BCE the Senate renamed the month Sextīlis for the emperor Augustus, whose title meant 'venerable, consecrated'; the adjective august comes from the same word. Greek passed the name to Turkish and the Slavs, Spain to the Philippines, and Britain to India and East Africa.

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