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Definition of AH abbreviation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

AH

abbreviation
 
/ˌeɪ ˈeɪtʃ/
 
/ˌeɪ ˈeɪtʃ/
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(US English also A.H.)
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  1. used in the Muslim calendar to show a particular number of years since the year when Muhammad left Mecca in AD 622 (from Latin ‘Anno Hegirae’)
    • a Koran dated 556 AH
    compare AD, BC, BCE, CETopics Timec2
    Word Originfrom Latin anno Hegirae.
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