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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νῆρος (nêros), from Akkadian 𒐞 (nēr).
Noun
neros (plural neroses or neroi)
- (history, Babylon) A period of 600 years.
1872, Arthur Dyot Thomson, On Mankind: Their Origin and Destiny, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 648:the progressive subdivisions of the saroses of 3,600 years, of the neroses of 600 years, and of the sosses [sic] of 60 years have the same progression as the divisions and subdivisions of the zodiac
- (astronomy, archaic, rare) One sixth of a saros, or about three years.
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Anagrams
- noser, renos, oners, Ernos, Rosen, Ornes, snore, seron, Ensor, Norse, senor, señor, rosen, Roens, Rones