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SIWAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Siwan mean?
• SIWAN (noun)
The noun SIWAN has 1 sense:
1. the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)
Familiarity information: SIWAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Sivan; Siwan
Hypernyms ("Siwan" is a kind of...):
Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)
Holonyms ("Siwan" 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)
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