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Julian calendar
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English
Etymology
en Julius Caesar = who introduced the calendar in 46 .
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Julian calendar.wav Southern England
Proper noun
1
The calendar which was used in the western world before the present-day Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar differed in having all multiple-of-4 years as leap years.
en calendar
en proleptic Julian calendar
en 2025 November 12 Vitali Vitaliev Time travelling RAIL 1048 68 That brings back memories of my visit to the remote Scottish island of Foula. The most westerly of the Shetlands, it still officially adheres to the Julian calendar, which is 13 days behind our habitual Gregorian one. These days, the islanders only use the former for Christmas and New Year celebrations, when all 38 of them gather in one house on January 7 and 14 (in lieu of December 25 and January 1).
Derived terms
en proleptic Julian calendar
Translations
calendar
Arabic: ar التقويم الشرقي at-taqwīm aš-šarqī m
Bulgarian: bg юлиа́нски календа́р
Catalan: ca calendari julià m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 儒略曆 jyu4 loek6 lik6, yue 朱利安曆 zyu1 lei5 on1 lik6
Mandarin: cmn 儒略曆 Rúlüèlì, cmn 朱理安曆 Zhūlǐ'ānlì, cmn 朱利安曆 Zhūlì'ānlì
Czech: cs juliánský kalendář m
Finnish: fi juliaaninen kalenteri
French: fr calendrier julien m
Galician: gl calendario Xuliano m, gl calendario xuliano m
German: de Julianischer Kalender m
Greek: el Ιουλιανό ημερολόγιο n
Hungarian: hu julián naptár
Irish: ga féilire Iúil m
Macedonian: mk јулија́нски ка́лендар m
Polish: pl kalendarz juliański m-in
Portuguese: pt Calendário Juliano m
Romanian: ro calendar iulian n
Russian: ru Юлиа́нский календа́рь m
Spanish: es calendario juliano m
Swedish: sv julianska kalendern c, sv gamla stilen c
Turkish: tr Jülyen takvimi
Ukrainian: uk юліа́нський календа́р m
Vietnamese: vi lịch Juliêng, vi lịch Julius
Welsh: cy calendr Iwlaidd m
en retronyms
en Calendar