January – February – March – April – May – June
July – August – September – October – November – December
May – a time of celebration throughout Europe!
As well as heralding the approaching summer, Victory in Europe Day is celebrated on May 8th, Europe Day (when an extended Europe in a Day was published in 2020!) is on May 9th, and of course, the musical extravaganza that is the Eurovision Song Contest traditionally takes place in May as well!
Here’s how to say May in the 50 languages of Europe in a Day!
- Albanian – Maji
- Arabic – مَايُو (Mayu)
- Armenian – Մայիս (Mayis)
- Azerbaijani – May
- Basque – Maiatz
- Belarusian – Май (May)
- Bulgarian – Май (May)
- Catalan – Maig
- Croatian – Svibanj
- Czech – Květen
- Danish – Maj
- Dutch – Mei
- Estonian – Mai
- Faroese – Mai
- Finnish – Toukokuu
- French – Mai
- Georgian – მაისი (Maisi)
- German – Mai
- Greek – Μάιος (Máios)
- Greenlandic – Maaji
- Hungarian – Május
- Icelandic – Maí
- Irish Gaelic – Mí na Bealtaine
- Italian – Maggio
- Jèrriais – Mai
- Latin – Maius
- Latvian – Maijs
- Lithuanian – Gegužė
- Low German – Mai
- Luxembourgish – Mee
- Macedonian – Мај (Maj)
- Maltese – Mejju
- Manx – Boaldyn
- Monégasque – Magiu
- Northern Sami – Miessemánnu
- Norwegian – Mai
- Polish – Maj
- Portuguese – Maio
- Romanian – Mai
- Russian – Май (May)
- Scots Gaelic – An Cèitean
- Serbian – Мај (Maj)
- Slovak – Máj
- Slovene – Maj
- Spanish – Mayo
- Swedish – Maj
- Swiss German – Mai
- Turkish – Mayıs
- Ukrainian – Травень (Traven’)
- Welsh – Mis Mai
January – February – March – April – May – June
July – August – September – October – November – December
Author: James Scanlan
Banner Image Source: adapted from coe.int
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