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Tam·muz (tä′mo̵oz)

noun

the tenth month of the Jewish year

Etymology: Heb tammūz < Akkadian tamūz, a god of fertility < Sumerian Dumu-zi (lit., true son), god & legendary king

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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