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Jewish Calendar

Definition: Jewish Calendar

Jewish Calendar

Noun

1. (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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Specialty Definition: Jewish Calendar

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The calendar traditionally used to determine Jewish holidays. It is a Metonic calendar based on the motions of both Sun and Moon. (references)

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Synonym: Jewish Calendar

Synonym: Hebrew calendar (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Jewish Calendar

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Instantaneity

Calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Jewish Calendar

English words defined with "Jewish calendar": AB, Adar, AvChislevEllul, ElulHeshvanJewish calendar monthKislevRosh Chodesh, Rosh HodeshShebat, Shevat, Sivan, SiwanTishri. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Jewish Calendar

DomainTitle

Books

  • Calendar and Community: A History of the Jewish Calendar, 2nd Century Bce to 10th Century Ce (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Expression: Jewish Calendar

Expression using "Jewish calendar": jewish calendar month. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jewish Calendar

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

jewish calendar

743

jewish calendar 2003

39

perpetual jewish calendar

5

jewish calendar year

5
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Modern Translation: Jewish Calendar

Language Translations for "Jewish calendar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

ユダヤ暦 (small prefabricated kitchen in an apartment, UNICEF, unicorn, union, Union Jack, unique, unisex, unison, Unisys, unit, unit control, unit dress, unit load, unit pricing, unit stock control, unit system, unitard, united, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, Unix). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ユダヤれき. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ewishjay alendarcay

   

Portuguese

  

calendário israelita. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

calendario judío. (various references)

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Ancestral Language Translations: Jewish Calendar

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Microchirus azevia, Microchirus theophila, Zevaia theophila. (various references)

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Anagrams: Jewish Calendar

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-h-i-j-l-n-r-s-w"

-3 letters: chandeliers, chandleries.

-4 letters: chainsawed, chandelier, charladies, chinawares, enchiladas, endarchies, headliners, rainwashed.

-5 letters: anarchies, arachnids, archaised, ardencies, arsenical, calendars, calenders, canalised, canewares, cardinals, cashiered, chandlers, chinaware, clerihews, decliners, enchilada, escalader, haciendas, handrails, headliner, headlines, headraces, increased, larcenies, leadscrew, nailheads, narwhales, radiances, railheads, rehandles, reliances, richweeds, scarehead, schlieren, selachian, swineherd.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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