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Ju⋅ma⋅da

[joo-mah-dah]
–noun
either of two successive months of the Muslim year, the fifth (Jumada I) or the sixth (Jumada II).


Origin:
1760–70; < Ar jumādā
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Ju·ma·da   (jŏŏ-mä'dä)   
n.  Either the fifth or the sixth month of the year in the Islamic calendar. See Table at calendar.

[Arabic jumādā, from jamada, to freeze; see gmd in Semitic roots.]
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