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Look up: August

  1. august
    majestic venerable 
    Found on http://www.graduateshotline.com/list.htm

  2. August
    The month of august was the sixth month of the Roman calendar and was originally called Sextilis, by a decree of the senate it received its present name in honour of Augustus Caesar in 8 BC.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. August
    August is a CDP in San Joaquin County California, USA.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. August
    [adj] - of or befitting a lord 2. [adj] - profoundly honored 3. [n] - the month following July and preceding September
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. August
    Au·gust' adjective [ Latin augustus ; confer augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: confer French auguste . See Augment .] Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. 'Forms august .' Pope. '
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/145

  6. August
    Au'gust noun [ Latin Augustus . See note below, and August , adjective ] The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. » The old Roman name was Sextilis , the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus Cæsar, the firs ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/145

  7. august
    Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. 'Forms august.' . 'August in visage.' . 'To shed that august blood.' . 'So beautiful and so august a spectacle.' (Burke) 'To mingle with a body so august.' (Byron) ... Synon ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. august
    grand adjective of or befitting a lord; `heir to a lordly fortune`; `of august lineage`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. august
    revered adjective profoundly honored; `revered holy men`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. August
    Aug noun the month following July and preceding September
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. August
    `August` is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. August begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Leo and ends in the sign of Virgo. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Cancer and ends in the constellation of Leo. This month was originally named `Sextilis` in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar, wh...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August

  12. August
    • (a.) The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. • (a.) Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. August
    eighth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named for the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, in 8 . Its original name was Sextilus, Latin for ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/124

  14. August
    August is a German boy name. The meaning of the name is `Revered, Exalted ` Where is it used? The name August is mainly used In German and In English.It is an abbreviated form of Aukusti, used In Finnish.How do they say it elsewhere? Angus ( In Scottish, Irish and In English) Augusts ( In Latvian) Augustus ( In Ancient Roman) If it`s too lo
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Augu

  15. August
    August: see month.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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