Nisan

//niːˈsɑːn// name

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Noun
  1. 1
    the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April) wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The seventh month of the civil year and the first month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Adar and before Iyar. Judaism

    "Micky Vayner shrugged; as far as he knew, it was, by the lunar calendar, an ordinary day in the month of Nisan."

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nissan

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"Every year, Jehovah's Witnesses commemorate only the death of Jesus Christ in Nisan 14 of the Hebrew calendar. They do not observe Christmas, being pagan, or any other religious event, besides Nisan 14."

Etymology

From Hebrew נִיסָן (nisán).

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jewish calendar

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