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Choiak

Choiak proper noun: the fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December.

Proper noun

Choiak

  1. The fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December.

Forms of Choiak

alternative formChoeac
alternative formKhoiak
alternative formChoiach
alternative formChoïac
alternative formChoïak

Origin of Choiak

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χοίακ (Khoíak), from Egyptian kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ. Compare Coptic Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (Khoiak).

Questions about Choiak

What does Choiak mean?
Choiak means the fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December.
What part of speech is Choiak?
Choiak is a proper noun.

Words near Choiak in the dictionary

  1. Choi
  2. choi poh
  3. Choi Soon-sil-gate
  4. choi sum
  5. Choiach
  6. Choiak
  7. Choibalsan
  8. choical
  9. choice
  10. choice feminism
  11. choice function

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