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Pachon

Pachon proper noun: the ninth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pachon has been in roughly May.

Proper noun

Pachon

  1. The ninth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pachon has been in roughly May.

Forms of Pachon

alternative formPachons
alternative formPakhons
alternative formPachom

Origin of Pachon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παχών (Pakhṓn), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-ḫnsw. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ (Pašons), whence English Pashons.

Questions about Pachon

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

Words near Pachon in the dictionary

  1. pachometry
  2. Pachomian
  3. Pachomios
  4. Pachomius
  5. pachomonoside
  6. Pachon
  7. Pachons
  8. pachouli
  9. pachranga
  10. pacht
  11. pachts

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