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Ramadan definition

Rama·dan (ram′ə dän′, räm′-)

noun

  1. the ninth month of the Muslim year, a period of daily fasting from sunrise to sunset
  2. the fasting in this period

Etymology: Ar ramaḍān, lit., the hot month < ramaḍ, state of being parched

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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