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Khanukah

Khanukah is the alternative spelling of Hanukkah.

Meaning of Hanukkah

Proper noun

Hanukkah (plural Hanukkahs)

  1. (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.
    • 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

Questions about Khanukah

What is Khanukah the alternative spelling of?
Khanukah is the alternative spelling of Hanukkah.

Words near Khanukah in the dictionary

  1. Khanty-Mansi
  2. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
  3. Khanty-Mansiysk
  4. Khantys
  5. Khanuka
  6. Khanukah
  7. khanum
  8. khanums
  9. Khanzadian
  10. Khanzadians
  11. khao mahk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Khanukah (page history and authors); 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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