nisan

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nisan - 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]

  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]

nisan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Nisan
      n 1: the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the
           ecclesiastic year (in March and April) [syn: Nisan,
           Nissan]

nisan - 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."