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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Nisan
    n 1: the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the
         ecclesiastic year (in March and April) [syn: Nisan,
         Nissan]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nisan \Ni"san\, n. [Heb. n[imac]s[=a]n.]
   The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly
   answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the
   Christian calendar. See Abib.
   [1913 Webster]
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Abib \A"bib\, n. [Heb. ab[imac]b, lit. an ear of corn. The month
   was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]
   The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
   corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish
   captivity this month was called Nisan. --Kitto.
   [1913 Webster]
4. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Nisan
   month of flowers, (Neh. 2:1) the first month of the Jewish
   sacred year. (See ABIB.) Assyrian nisannu,
   "beginning."
5. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Nisan, standard; miracle
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