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Mesore

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

Proper noun

Mesore

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

Origin of Mesore

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσορί (Mesorí), from Egyptian mswt-rꜥ. Compare Coptic Ⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲓ (Mesōri).

Questions about Mesore

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

Words near Mesore in the dictionary

  1. mesopuncture
  2. mesor
  3. mesorah
  4. mesorchia
  5. mesorchium
  6. Mesore
  7. mesorectal
  8. mesorectum
  9. mesorectums
  10. mesoregion
  11. mesoregions

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