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March

Pronunciation: /mɑːtʃ/

The English word “March” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.
  2. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States, named after the month.

Etymology

From Middle English March, Marche, borrowed from Anglo-Norman marche, from Old French marz, from Latin mensis Mārtius (“the Martian month”), from earlier Mavors.

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