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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative;
- Example: "the family is sitting shiva"
[syn: shiva, shivah, shibah]

2. the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon;
[syn: Siva, Shiva]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shiva n 1: (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva" [syn: shiva, shivah, shibah] 2: the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon [syn: Siva, Shiva]