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Tam·muz also Tham·muz   (tä'mŏŏz)   
n.  The tenth month of the year in the Jewish calendar. See Table at calendar.

[Hebrew tammūz; akin to Iraqi Arabic tabbūz, July, both ultimately from Sumerian dumu-zi, Dumuzi, a dying and rising shepherd god : dumu, son, offspring + zi, true, effective.]
Tham·muz   (tä'mŏŏz')   
n.  Variant of Tammuz.
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1535, from Heb. tammuz, tenth month of the Jewish civil year, fourth of the sacred, covering parts of June and July; also the name of a Syrian deity equivalent to Phoenician Adon, whose festival began with the new moon of this month.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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