Michaelmas term Michaelmas term Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic year in a number of English-speaking universities and schools in the northern hemisphere, especially in the United Kingdom. Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September. The term runs from September or October to Christmas. The term is also the name of the first of four terms into which the legal year is divided by the Courts of England and Wales and the Courts of Northern Ireland. While the name is not used in the legal systems
Welsh toponymy English spelling standards, which have affected how place-names are spelled in the two languages. For instance, a single "f" in Welsh is always pronounced /v/ (or is silent), while "ff" is pronounced /f/; thus, the Welsh word for river, "afon", is pronounced with a v-sound and so often spelled "Avon" when it appears in English place--names and river names. The study of Welsh place-names is promoted by the Welsh Place-Name Society (). Early inhabitants of Wales gave names first to noteworthy natural features, such as rivers, hills, mountains, harbours and shores. However, before the Roman occupation in the first century,