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Kiryas Joel

Kiryas Joel proper noun: a village in Orange County, New York, United States, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree.

Proper noun

Kiryas Joel

  1. A village in Orange County, New York, United States, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree.
    • Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States.2024 March 21, “American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York”, in UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2025
    • The village of Kiryas Joel, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree, is a well-known Hasidic Orthodox Jewish community.2025 June 6, Lana Bellamy, “Orthodox communities see surge in population”, in Times Union, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025

Origin of Kiryas Joel

Borrowed from Yiddish קרית יואל (kris yual).

Questions about Kiryas Joel

What does Kiryas Joel mean?
Kiryas Joel means a village in Orange County, New York, United States, coterminous with the town of Palm Tree.
What part of speech is Kiryas Joel?
Kiryas Joel is a proper noun.

Words near Kiryas Joel in the dictionary

  1. kirwanite
  2. Kirwans
  3. Kirwans Bridge
  4. Kirwin
  5. Kirwins
  6. Kiryas Joel
  7. Kiryas Tosh
  8. Kiryat Arba
  9. Kiryat Tiv'on
  10. Kiryl
  11. kis

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