nisan Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Ni"san noun
Etymology
Heb. nisan.
Definitions
  1. The first month of the jewish ecclesiastical year, formerly answering nearly to the month of April, now to March, of the Christian calendar. See Abib.

Webster 1913