Hanukkah Definition

KHänyo͝okä, KHänyo͝okə; hänyo͝okä, hänyo͝okə
noun
A Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple by Judas Maccabaeus in 165 b.c. and celebrated for 8 days beginning the 25th day of Kislev.
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Synonyms:
  • feast of lights
  • feast of dedication
  • festival-of-lights
  • channukah
  • Feast of the Dedication
  • channukkah
  • chanukkah
  • chanukah
  • hannukah
  • hanukah
pronoun

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

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Other Word Forms of Hanukkah

Noun

Singular:
Hanukkah
Plural:
hanukkahs

Origin of Hanukkah

  • Originated 1890–95. From Hebrew חנוכה \ חֲנֻכָּה (khanuká, “dedication, consecration”) from חָנַךְ (khanákh, “to dedicate, to consecrate”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Hebrew ḥănukkâ dedication from ḥānak to train, dedicate ḥnk in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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