Septembers

Back-to-school times

The month of September is named after the Latin word for seven because it was the seventh month in the Roman calendar.

September is the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere and of spring in the southern hemisphere.

In the United States and many other countries, September marks the beginning of the school year and the end of summer holidays.

seasonal

autumn

Post-summer cooling period

  • fallDescend under gravity
  • equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
  • harvestGathering mature crops

leaves · cooling · transitional · back-to-school · sweaters · pumpkins · crisp · orchards · cider · migration

temporal

month

Year's twelfth part

weeks · dates · birthdays · anniversaries · Virgo · Libra · zodiac · sapphire · aster · numbered

commemorative

Labor Day

Holiday honoring workers

remembrance · 9/11 · Oktoberfest · harvest festivals · moon cakes · memorials · anniversaries · ceremonies · traditions · observances

nostalgic

memories

Stored past experiences

youth · bittersweet · longing · transitions · melancholy · reminiscence · aging · sentimentality · remembering · golden

agricultural

harvest

Gathering mature crops

wheat · corn · orchards · apples · grapes · threshing · crop · yield · gathering · farmland

academic

school year

Educational period, usually nine months

freshmen · syllabi · classrooms · textbooks · campus · registration · teachers · homework · curricula · backpacks

Opposites
seasonal position in year

SeptembersMarches

Frontier boundary territories

Aprils · Julys · Februaries · Januaries · midsummer

academic/cultural cycle

SeptembersJunes

Sixth months, plural

Mays · summer vacation · graduation season · Decembers · holiday break

Phrases
Family

September

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