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LUNISOLAR CALENDAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A calendar based on both lunar and solar cycles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("lunisolar 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 "lunisolar calendar"):
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)
Hindu calendar (the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years))
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