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LUNAR CALENDAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A calendar based on lunar cycles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("lunar calendar" is a kind of...):
calendar (a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lunar calendar"):
Roman calendar (the lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BC)
Islamic calendar; Mohammedan calendar; Moslem calendar; Muhammadan calendar; Muslim calendar (the lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years)