almanac
noun/ˈɔːlmənæk/, /ˈælmənæk/
/ˈɔːlmənæk/, /ˈælmənæk/
(also less frequent almanack)
- a book or digital resource that is released every year giving information for that year about a particular subject or activity
- a cricket almanac
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- a book or digital resource that gives information about the sun, moon, times of the tides (= the rise and fall of the sea level), etc. for each day of the year
Word Originlate Middle English: via old French and medieval Latin from Spanish Arabic al-manāḵ, ‘the calendar’.
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