No. 18,494 in Russian
январь
"Январь" means "January" in English.
In a sentence
Январь — это первый месяц года.
January is the first month of the year.
The sentence introduces January as a noun to denote a specific month in the calendar.
В январе обычно бывает холодно.
It is usually cold in January.
Here, 'January' is used in the prepositional case to indicate time within the month.
Первого января мы отмечаем Новый год.
On the first of January, we celebrate New Year.
The word 'January' is used in the genitive case following the numeral 'первого' (first).
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