almanac

[ awl-muh-nak ]

/ ˈɔl məˌnæk /

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noun

an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.

a publication containing astronomical or meteorological information, usually including future positions of celestial objects, star magnitudes, and culmination dates of constellations.

an annual reference book of useful and interesting facts relating to countries of the world, sports, entertainment, etc.

Nearby words

alma-tadema, almada, almadén, almagest, almah, almanac, almanach de gotha, almandine, almandite, almaty, alme

Origin of almanac

1350–1400; Middle English almenak < Medieval Latin almanach < Spanish Arabic al the + manākh calendar < ?

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Examples from the Web for almanac

The Almanac also tells us it would be a good time to perform demolitions, if you had any of those planned.
Stop Blaming the Moon for Your Crazy|Janelle Dumalaon|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kornacki, on the other hand, appears to be far more comfortable with the kind of arcana found in The Almanac of American Politics.
Steve Kornacki, MSNBC’s Brainy Replacement for Chris Hayes, Just Wants to Be Useful|David Freedlander|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His only books were an almanac and an arithmetic, in which last he was considerably expert.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience|Henry David Thoreau
Twenty dollars even that you can't remember his name without looking in the almanac.
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall|George Washington Plunkitt

Lilly's Almanac, the predecessor of Moore's and Zadkiel's, was carried on by him for six-and-thirty years.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
The heat-wave had put forward the almanac, and the Newport season was in full swing nearly a month in advance of its usual date.
The Terms of Surrender|Louis Tracy
I stopped, considered, and consulted the almanac; it was exactly the 20th of March, and also Palm Sunday.
The Inferno|August Strindberg

British Dictionary definitions for almanac

almanac

/ (ˈɔːlməˌnæk) /

noun

a yearly calendar giving statistical information on events and phenomena, such as the phases of the moon, times of sunrise and sunset, tides, anniversaries, etcAlso (archaic): almanack

Word Origin for almanac

C14: from Medieval Latin almanachus, perhaps from Late Greek almenikhiaka

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