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NISSAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nissan mean?
• NISSAN (noun)
The noun NISSAN has 1 sense:
1. the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)
Familiarity information: NISSAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Nisan; Nissan
Hypernyms ("Nissan" is a kind of...):
Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)
Holonyms ("Nissan" is a part of...):
Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)
Context examples
The current 2014 electric Nissan Leaf, for example, has a range of just 84 miles on a fully charged battery.
(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)
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