Quintilis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  July \Ju*ly"\, n.; pl. {Julies}. [L. Julius; -- named from Caius
     Julius Caesar, who was born in this month: cf. F. Juillet.]
     The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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     Note: This month was called {Quintilis}, or the fifth month,


           according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was
           the first month of the year.
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