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Definition of FEBRUARY

February
February Feb"ru*a*ry, n. [L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

Meaning of FEBRUARY from wikipedia

- February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th...
- The February Revolution (Russian: Февральская революция, romanized: Fevralskaya revolyutsiya, IPA: [fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə]), known in Soviet historiography...
- February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 330 days remain until the end of the year (331 in leap years). 211 – Following the death...
- February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is...
- February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 322 days remain until the end of the year (323 in leap years). 1096 – Pope Urban II...
- February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 329 days remain until the end of the year (330 in leap years). 2 BC – Caesar Augustus...
- February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 323 days remain until the end of the year (324 in leap years). 660 BC – Traditional...
- February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 324 days remain until the end of the year (325 in leap years). 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad...
- February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 312 days remain until the end of the year (313 in leap years). 1076 – Having received...
- February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year (319 in leap years). 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau...