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neroi

neroi is the plural of neros.

Meaning of neros

Noun

neros (plural neroses or neroi)

  1. (Babylon) A period of 600 years.
    • the progressive subdivisions of the saroses of 3,600 years, of the neroses of 600 years, and of the sosses [sic] of 60 years have the same progression as the divisions and subdivisions of the zodiac1872, Arthur Dyot Thomson, On Mankind: Their Origin and Destiny, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 648
  2. (archaic, rare) One sixth of a saros, or about three years.

Questions about neroi

What is neroi the plural of?
Neroi is the plural of neros.

Words near neroi in the dictionary

  1. Nero
  2. nero antico
  3. nero di seppia
  4. Nero Wolfe
  5. Nero's crown
  6. neroi
  7. Neroic
  8. nerol
  9. neroli
  10. nerolic
  11. nerolic acid

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