Julian calendar

English

Etymology

Named after Julius Caesar who introduced the calendar in 46 B.C.

Noun

Julian calendar

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.

Translations

calendar

• Arabic: التقويم الشرقي‎ m (at-taqwīm aš-šarqī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 儒略曆, 儒略历 (jyu⁴ loek⁶ lik⁶), 朱利安曆, 朱利安历 (zyu¹ lei⁵ on¹ lik⁶)

  Mandarin: 儒略曆, 儒略历 (Rúlüèlì), 朱理安曆, 朱理安历 (Zhūlǐ'ānlì), 朱利安曆, 朱利安历 (Zhūlì'ānlì)

• Czech: juliánský kalendář m
• Finnish: juliaaninen kalenteri
• French: calendrier julien (fr) m

• German: Julianischer Kalender m
• Greek: Ιουλιανό ημερολόγιο n (Ioulianó imerológio)
• Hungarian: julián naptár
• Irish: féilire Iúil m
• Portuguese: Calendário Juliano m
• Russian: Юлиа́нский календа́рь m (Juliánskij kalendárʹ)
• Swedish: julianska kalendern (sv) c, gamla stilen c