November (Roman month) November (Roman month) November (from Latin "novem", "nine") or mensis November was originally the ninth of ten months on the Roman calendar, following October ("octo", "eight") and preceding December ("decem", "ten"). It had 29 days. In the reform that resulted in a 12-month year, November became the eleventh month, but retained its name, as did the other months from September through December. A day was added to November during the Julian calendar reform in the mid-40s BC. The outstanding event during November was the Plebeian Games from the 4th through the 17th. The month had few other festivals. It was
Name of Poland Polish "Polska" In Latin, which was the principal written language of the Middle Ages, the exonym for Poland became "Polonia". It later became the basis for Poland's name in all Romance languages: Many other languages (e.g. Albanian "Polonia"; Greek Πολωνία, "Polōnía"; Maltese "Polonja") use a variation of the Latin name. Germans, Poland's western neighbors, called it "Polen". Other Germanic languages use related exonyms: Non-Germanic languages which borrowed their word for Poland from Germanic include: The Lendians, a Proto-Polish tribe who lived around the confluence of the rivers Vistula and San (south-eastern Poland), have often misleadingly been associated as the source