Hanukkah
/ˈhæ.nə.kə//ˈhɑː.nə.kə/
Hanukkah proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
Hanukkah (plural Hanukkahs)
- 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.
- Rebecca and Roni Kopelman have been celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah since they got together in 2006, building the foundations of an interfaith household.2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2013
- Synonyms:
- Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Festival of Lights
Hanukkah meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Hanukkah in Hindi
- the Jewish festival
- हनुका hanukā
Hanukkah in Tamil
- the Jewish festival
- ஹனுகா haṉukā
Hanukkah in Marathi
- the Jewish festival
- हान्नुका hānnukā
Hanukkah in Urdu
- the Jewish festival
- حَنُوکاہ hanūkāh
More languagesFewer languages
- Hanukkah in Bengali
- হানুক্কা hanukka
- Hanukkah in Telugu
- హనుకా hanukā
- Hanukkah in Kannada
- ಹನುಕಾ hanukā
- Hanukkah in Gujarati
- હનુકા hanukā
- Hanukkah in Sinhala
- හනුකා hanukā
- Hanukkah in Arabic
- حَانُوكَا ḥānūkā, حَنُكَّة ḥanukka
- Hanukkah in Indonesian
- Hanukah
Synonyms of Hanukkah
- Feast of Dedication
- Feast of Lights
- Festival of Lights
Forms of Hanukkah
| plural | Hanukkahs |
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Origin of Hanukkah
Originated 1890–95. From Hebrew חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה (khanuká, “dedication, consecration”) from חָנַךְ (khanákh, “to dedicate, to consecrate”).
Words formed from Hanukkah
Phrases with Hanukkah
Questions about Hanukkah
- What does Hanukkah mean?
- Hanukkah means 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.
- What is Hanukkah in Hindi?
- Hanukkah in Hindi is हनुका (hanukā). See Hanukkah meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Hanukkah?
- Hanukkah is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Hanukkah?
- Hanukkah is pronounced /ˈhæ.nə.kə/ (UK).
Words near Hanukkah in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Hanukkah (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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