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IYYAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)

Synonyms:

Iyar; Iyyar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Iyyar" is a kind of...):

Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

Meronyms (parts of "Iyyar"):

Lag b'Omer ((Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar)

Holonyms ("Iyyar" 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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