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kenesa

kenesa noun: an Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue.

kenesa: an Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue
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Noun

kenesa (plural kenesas)

  1. An Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue.

Forms of kenesa

pluralkenesas

Origin of kenesa

Borrowed from Karaim כְּנִיסָא (kǝnîsāʾ), from Aramaic כְּנִישָׁא (kənīšā, “gathering”), likely via Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church, synagogue”).

Questions about kenesa

What does kenesa mean?
Kenesa means an Eastern European or Persian Karaite synagogue.
What part of speech is kenesa?
Kenesa is a noun.
What is the plural of kenesa?
The plural of kenesa is kenesas.

Words near kenesa in the dictionary

  1. Kenelm
  2. Kenelworth
  3. Kenema
  4. keneme
  5. kenemes
  6. kenesa
  7. kenesas
  8. Kenevan
  9. Kenfig
  10. Kenfig Hill
  11. Kenfucky

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