单词 | hanukkah |
释义 | Hanukkah[ hah-nuh-kuh; khah‐ Ashkenazic Hebrew khah-nuh-kuh; Sephardic Hebrew khah-noo-kah ] / ˈhɑ nə kə; ˈxɑ‐ Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈxɑ nə kə; Sephardic Hebrew xɑ nuˈkɑ / nouna Jewish festival lasting eight days, celebrated from the 25th day of the month of Kislev to the 2nd of Tevet in commemoration of the rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees following their victory over the Syrians under Antiochus IV, characterized chiefly by the lighting of the menorah on each night of the festival. VIDEO FOR HANUKKAHWATCH NOW: We Asked: What Are Five Words To Describe Hanukkah?We asked these people who celebrate Hanukkah to give us 5 words they think of when the holiday comes around every year. Also Cha·nu·kah . Also called Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights . Origin of HanukkahFirst recorded in 1890–95, Hanukkah is from the Hebrew word ḥănukkāh literally, “a dedicating” Words nearby Hanukkahhant, hantavirus, H antigen, Hants, hanukiah, Hanukkah, hanuman, Han Wu Ti, Hanyang, Han Yü, hao Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for HanukkahBritish Dictionary definitions for HanukkahHanukkah Hanukah or Chanukah/ (ˈhɑːnəkə, -nʊˌkɑː, Hebrew xanuˈka) / nounthe eight-day Jewish festival of lights beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the rededication of the temple by Judas Maccabaeus in 165 bcAlso called: Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights Word Origin for Hanukkahfrom Hebrew, literally: a dedication Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for HanukkahHanukkah [ (khah-nuh-kuh, hah-nuh-kuh) ] A festival in Judaism that occurs each December. Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Jews (see also Jews) in the second century b.c. over the Syrians, who had occupied their country, and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem (see also Jerusalem) (hanukkah is Hebrew for “dedication”). Observers of Hanukkah light one candle in a candleholder called a menorah each night for eight nights in memory of a legend that, when the Temple was rededicated, its lamps burned, without enough oil, miraculously for a week. notes for HanukkahHanukkah was formerly one of the less important Jewish festivals, but today it is celebrated by Jews in many parts of the world — especially the United States, where it overlaps with the celebration of Christmas. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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