Tammuz

n. 10th month of the Hebrew calendar; family name (Hebrew)

See also Tammuz (month). Tammuz is also a fictional place in Xenogears. Northwest Semitic Tammuz (Hebrew תַּמּוּז, Standard Hebrew Tammuz, Tiberian Hebrew Tammûz), Arabic تمّوز Tammūz; Akkadian Duʾzu, Dūzu; Sumerian Dumuzid (DUMU.ZID "the true son") was the name of an Ancient Near Eastern deity.
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Noun
1. the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)
(synonym) Thammuz
(hypernym) Jewish calendar month
(part-holonym) Jewish calendar, Hebrew calendar
2. Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna
(synonym) Dumuzi
(hypernym) Semitic deity

n. Tammuz, 10th month of the Hebrew calendar; family name (Hebrew)

(n.)
The fourth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of July.
  

(n.)
A deity among the ancient Syrians, in honor of whom the Hebrew idolatresses held an annual lamentation. This deity has been conjectured to be the same with the Phoenician Adon, or Adonis.