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Media related to October
October
is the tenth
month
of the
year
in the
Gregorian Calendar
and one of seven Gregorian months with a length of 31
days
. The
eighth
month in the old
Roman calendar
, October retained its name (from the
Latin
"
octo
" meaning "eight") when January and February were added.
October is commonly associated with the season of
autumn
in the
Northern hemisphere
and
spring
in the
Southern hemisphere
, where it is the seasonal equivalent to
April
in the
Southern Hemisphere
and vice versa.
In common years
January
starts on the same day of the week as October, but no other month starts on the same day of the week as
October
in leap years.