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Choiak
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English
Alternative forms
en Choeac
en Khoiak
en Choiach
en Choïac, en Choïak
Etymology
Borrowed from en grc Χοίακ, from en egy kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ. Compare cop ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ.
Proper noun
The fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December.
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