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كَانُون December (classical month name) in Arabic

كَانُون is how you say “December (classical month name)” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَجَاءَتْ اَلْبِشَارَةُ فِي كَانُونِ اَلْيَأْسِ بِآمَالِ تَمُّوزِ،

Then the good news came in the December of despair, bringing the hopes of July.

كَانُونِ December

This noun is the first half of a possessive pairing set directly beside the next noun, with no separate word for 'of'. Being the front term, it takes its definiteness from what follows rather than carrying its own 'the', which is how Arabic builds 'the X of Y'.

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