Ramadan
1. the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith • Hypernyms: Islamic calendar month • Part Holonyms: Islamic calendar, Muhammadan calendar, Mohammedan calendar, Moslem calendar, Muslim calendar 2. (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan • Topics: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism • Hypernyms: fast, fasting
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