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many moons ago

many moons ago phrase: a (very) long time ago.

Phrase

many moons ago

  1. (idiomatic, informal, literary) A (very) long time ago.

many moons ago meaning in Malayalam

many moons ago in Malayalam

a long time ago, ages ago, years ago
വളരെപണ്ട്, പണ്ട്, വർഷങ്ങൾക്കുമുമ്പ്, വളരെനാളുകൾക്കു മുമ്പ്, യുഗങ്ങൾക്കപ്പുറം, പുരാതനകാലത്ത്

Origin of many moons ago

In reference to lunar calendars, which were more commonly used in premodern times.

Questions about many moons ago

What does many moons ago mean?
Many moons ago means a (very) long time ago.
What is many moons ago in Malayalam?
Many moons ago in Malayalam is വളരെപണ്ട്, പണ്ട്, വർഷങ്ങൾക്കുമുമ്പ്. See Many moons ago meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is many moons ago?
Many moons ago is a phrase.

Words near many moons ago in the dictionary

  1. many another
  2. many at times
  3. many hands make light work
  4. many happies
  5. many happy returns
  6. many moons ago
  7. many moons from now
  8. many such cases
  9. many thanks
  10. many time
  11. many times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: many moons ago (page history and authors); many moons ago (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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