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    Islamic calendar

    noun

    • 1. a traditional lunar calendar used in Islam. It is based on twelve lunar months and consists of 344 or 345 days; the years are reckoned from the Hegira (the time when Muhammad left Mecca for Medina and founded the first Muslim community) in 622: "Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed as a month of fasting"

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