Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fifth month of the year in the Jewish calendar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation of
Army Veterinary Department .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Judaism The eleventh month of the
civil Jewish calendar , or the fifth month of theecclesiastical Jewish calendar.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Us real people have been fighting outsourcing in Av for a long time, and then our logtime enemy comes along and claims us a friend.
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Posted in Av Singh, Refuses to shave beard, Sikh worker, TransAlta Corp.
Safety Laws Only Apply To Majorities, Silly « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Posted in Av Singh, Refuses to shave beard, Sikh worker, TransAlta Corp.
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Having said that, it’s very emphatic on the paramount importance of pronunciation in Av Eng teaching/learning (though obviously the yardstick isn’t NS pronunciation).
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The Avia B. 135 (RLM designation Av-135) was a modern Czechoslovak fighter aircraft.
Avia B-135 Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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The robber who held up the Wells Fargo branch at 2600 E. Franklin Av. just after 3 p.m. was seen a few minutes later buying a bottle of liquor at a store next to the bank, said FBI special agent Paul McCabe.
Archive 2007-03-11 Bill Crider 2007
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And when I get a-going down here good, I'll be wantin 'some time to look at a place on Fift' Av'ner, maybe.
The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Amy Bell Marlowe
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In the Jewish calendar, this is the last of three solemn weeks in preparation for Tisha B’Av, the 9th of the month of Av, which is marked by mourning for the destruction of the first and second Temples 2500 and 2000 years ago, respectively the expulsion from Spain half a millennium ago, and other tragedies that have occurred on that bloody day.
Not Taken 2008
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In the Jewish calendar, this is the last of three solemn weeks in preparation for Tisha B’Av, the 9th of the month of Av, which is marked by mourning for the destruction of the first and second Temples 2500 and 2000 years ago, respectively the expulsion from Spain half a millennium ago, and other tragedies ...
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If you're working with a Canon product, change your shooting mode to 'Av'; if you're using a Nikon product, set it to 'A'.
Curbly Recent Posts 2009
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