First Known Use: circa 1595
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Ramadan
noun Ram·a·dan \ˈrä-mə-ˌdän, ˌrä-mə-ˈ\
: the ninth month of the Islamic year when Muslims do not eat or drink anything between sunrise and sunset
Full Definition of RAMADAN
: the ninth month of the Islamic year observed as sacred with fasting practiced daily from dawn to sunset — see month table
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Origin of RAMADAN
Arabic Ramaḍān
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Rhymes with RAMADAN
advance man, Alcoran, also-ran, Ameslan, anchorman, as one man, astrakhan, Astrakhan, ataman, Athelstan, attackman, balmacaan, Bantustan, bartizan, black-and-tan, bogeyman, boogeyman, businessman, Caliban, cameraman, caravan, cattleman, Civitan, cornerman, counterman, counterplan, countryman, courtesan, cutoff man, dairyman, defenseman, detail man, everyman, exciseman, expressman, family man, fancy-dan, fancy man, frying pan, funnyman, gamelan, garageman, garbageman, Hamadan, handyman, harmattan, hatchet man, Hindustan, hotelman, in the can, Isle of Man, jerrican, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, leading man, man-for-man, man-to-man, master plan, middleman, minivan, minuteman, Monaghan, moneyman, mountain man, muscleman, Occitan, ombudsman, Omdurman, overman, Pakistan, Parmesan, partisan, pattypan, Peking man, Peter Pan, pivotman, plainclothesman, Port Sudan, Powhatan, rather than, repairman, rewrite man, safetyman, sandwich man, selectman, serviceman, signalman, spick-and-span, superman, tallyman, tamarin, to a man, triggerman, trimaran, turbofan, Turkistan, vacuum pan, weatherman, workingman, yataghan
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Ramadan
noun Ram·a·dan \ˈrä-mə-ˌdän, ˌrä-mə-ˈdän\
Definition of RAMADAN for Kids
: the ninth month of the Islamic calendar observed as sacred with fasting practiced daily from sunrise to sunset
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