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October

Latin: October (eighth month), French: octobre, Spanish: octubre, Portuguese: Outubro, Italian: ottobre, German: Oktober, Welsh: Hydref (denotes lowing of cattle, from hyddfref), Scots Gaelic: an Dambar (derived from damb, “ox or stag”, means “rutting time”), Irish: Deireadh Fomhair (end of autumn)

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