March

In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March.

Great Britain and its colonies continued to use March 25 until 1752, when they finally adopted the Gregorian calendar (the fiscal year in the UK continues to begin on 6 April, initially identical to 25 March in the former Julian calendar).

[6] March is the first month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (North America, Europe, Asia and part of Africa) and the first month of fall or autumn in the Southern Hemisphere (South America, part of Africa, and Oceania).

In Finnish, the month is called maaliskuu, which is believed to originate from maallinen kuu.

[7] In Ukrainian, the month is called березень/berezenʹ, meaning birch tree, and březen in Czech.

In Slovene, the traditional name is sušec, meaning the month when the earth becomes dry enough so that it is possible to cultivate it.