NISSAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nissan mean? 

• NISSAN (noun)
  The noun NISSAN has 1 sense:

1. the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)

  Familiarity information: NISSAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NISSAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Nisan; Nissan

Hypernyms ("Nissan" is a kind of...):

Jewish calendar month (a month in the Jewish calendar)

Holonyms ("Nissan" is a part of...):

Hebrew calendar; Jewish calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)

 Context examples 

The current 2014 electric Nissan Leaf, for example, has a range of just 84 miles on a fully charged battery.

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)