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[syn: Sivan, Siwan]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sivan \Si"van\, n. [Heb. s[imac]v[=a]n.]
The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; --
supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sivan
n 1: the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the
ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and
June) [syn: Sivan, Siwan]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Sivan
a Persian word (Assyr, sivanu, "bricks"), used after the
Captivity as the name of the third month of the Jewish year,
extending from the new moon in June to the new moon in July
(Esther 8:9).
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Sivan, a bush or thorn