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geniza

geniza is the alternative spelling of genizah.

Meaning of genizah

Noun

genizah (plural genizahs or genizot or genizoth)

  1. (Jewish) A depository where sacred Hebrew books or other sacred items that by Jewish law cannot be disposed of are kept before they can be properly buried in a cemetery.
    • The Cairo Genizah was discovered in 1896.

Forms of geniza

pluralgenizas
pluralgenizot
pluralgenizoth

Questions about geniza

What is geniza the alternative spelling of?
Geniza is the alternative spelling of genizah.

Words near geniza in the dictionary

  1. genius loci
  2. genius locorum
  3. geniuses
  4. geniuslike
  5. geniusness
  6. geniza
  7. genizah
  8. genizahs
  9. genizas
  10. genizero
  11. genizot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: geniza (page history and authors); genizah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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