lunisolar

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Hindu lunisolar calendar.

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  1. adjective Of or caused by both the sun and the moon.

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  • The four-day festival - marking the new year that starts April 13 on the lunisolar calendar also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia - is one of the few times when Myanmar's citizens can cut loose under the watchful eye of the repressive regime. —  The Jakarta Post Breaking News
  • The four-day festival? marking the new year that starts April 13 on the lunisolar calendar also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia? is one of the few times when Myanmar's citizens can cut loose under the watchful eye of the repressive regime.
  • Instead, the date for Easter is determined on a lunisolar calendar, as is the Hebrew calendar. —  Discussion Forum - Geeks!
  • The Church of Rome continued to use an 84-year lunisolar calendar cycle from the late third century until 457. —  Discussion Forum - Geeks!
  • The four-day festival, called Thingyan in Burmese, marks the new year that starts 13 April on the lunisolar calendar, also used in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
 

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  1. Latin lūna, moon; see lunar + solar.

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  1. from Latin luna, the moon, + sol, the sun: see solar.
 

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/ljunɪˈsoʊlər/
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