is the tenth Month of the Year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 Day s.
October begins in western tropical astrology with the sun in the sign of Libra and ends in the sign of Scorpio . Astronomically speaking, the sun actually begins in the constellation of Virgo and ends in the constellation of Libra .
In Latin, ''octo'' means " Eight ". October was also the eighth month in the Roman Calendar until a monthless winter period was divided between January and February .
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- In Latin , October is called Octubre, or VIIIber (where VIII is the Roman number 8, in Latin "octo"). The name is due to the fact that it was the 8th month in the early Julian Calendar beginning in March.
- In Albanian , October is called ''Tetor''
- In Arabic , October is called ''tashrîn al-awwal'' in the Middle East and ''uktûbîr'' in North-Africa.
- In Slovak , October is called ''október''.
- In Czech , October is called ''říjen''. The origin of this name is in the deer's belling in this month.
- A traditional Dutch name for October is ''Wijnmaand'' ("wine month") because the first wines of the year have ripened.
- In Finnish , October is called ''lokakuu'', meaning "month of dirt".
- In German , October is called ''Oktober''.
- In Scottish Gaelic , October is called ''an Damhar'', meaning "rutting time" (of stags).
- In Hungarian , October is called ''Október''.
- In Irish , October is called ''Deireadh Fómhair'', meaning "end of harvest-time".
- In Italian , October is called ''ottobre''.
- In Turkish , October is called ''Ekim'', meaning "sowing" because of the sowing of wheat.
- In the Old Japanese Calendar , the 10th month was called , literally meaning ''the godless month'', due to an old belief that in that month, the gods gathered in one spot to discuss the affairs of the world. Thus, in that month, the gods were inaccessible. (It actually means, "month of the gods", however, as the "na" is actually a possessive particle and the 無 character is Ateji .)
- In Croatian , October is called ''Listopad'' , meaning leaves ''list'' fall ''pad''.
- In French , October is called "octobre".
- In Spanish , October is called "octubre".
- In Polish , October is called "Październik".
- In Romanian , October is called "Octombrie"
- In Russian , October is called "Октябрь"
- In Lithuanian , October is called ''Spalis''.
- In Swedish , Norwegian , Danish , Dutch and German , October is called ''Oktober''.
- In Portuguese , October is called "Outubro".
- In Welsh , October is called "Hydref", meaning "autumn".
- In Icelandic , October is called október.
- In Korean , it is called "Sib-weol" meaning the tenth month
- In Chinese , October is called ''Shíyuè''（十月）also meaning the tenth month.
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