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July

The Roman month Quīntīlis ('fifth') was renamed Iūlius in 44 BCE for Julius Caesar, born in that month. English took the name through Anglo-Norman; Greek carried it to the Slavs, Spain to the Philippines, and Britain to India and East Africa.

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