Associations to the word «Tammuz»

Wiktionary

TAMMUZ, proper noun. (Judaism) The tenth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar, after Sivan and before Av.
TAMMUZ, proper noun. A Sumerian god of food and vegetation.

Dictionary definition

TAMMUZ, noun. The tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July).
TAMMUZ, noun. Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna.

Wise words

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