Editing March (section)

== Other names ==
In [[Finnish language|Finnish]], the month is called ''maaliskuu'', which is believed to originate from ''maallinen kuu''. The latter means ''earthy month'' and may refer to the first appearance of "earth" from under the winter's snow.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://uusikielemme.fi/finnish-vocabulary/interesting-words/the-meaning-of-the-finnish-months/ | title=The Meaning of the Finnish Months | date=4 March 2020 }}</ref> In [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], the month is called ''березень''/''berezenʹ'', meaning ''birch tree'', and březen in Czech.  Historical names for March include the [[Old English|Saxon]] ''Lentmonat'', named after the [[March equinox]] and gradual lengthening of days, and the eventual namesake of [[Lent]]. [[Saxons]] also called March ''Rhed-monat'' or ''Hreth-monath'' (deriving from their goddess ''Rhedam''/''Hreth''), and [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] called it ''Hyld-monath'', which became the English ''Lide''. In Croatia, the month is called ''Ožujak''. In [[Slovene language|Slovene]], the traditional name is ''sušec'', meaning the month when the earth becomes dry enough so that it is possible to cultivate it. The name was first written in 1466 in the Škofja Loka manuscript. Other names were used too, for example ''brezen'' and ''breznik'', "the month of birches".<ref name="KoledarDPG2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.dobrova-polhovgradec.si/doc/priponke/koledar%20prir%2007%20zadnji.pdf |title=Koledar prireditev v letu 2007 in druge informacije občine Dobrova–Polhov Gradec |language=sl |trans-title=The Calendar of Events and Other Information of the Municipality of Dobrova–Polhov Gradec |publisher=Municipality of Dobrova-Polhov Gradec |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102060918/http://www.dobrova-polhovgradec.si/doc/priponke/koledar%20prir%2007%20zadnji.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-02 }}</ref> The [[Turkish language|Turkish]] word ''Mart'' is given after the name of ''[[Mars (mythology)|Mars]]'' the god.