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shana tova

shana tova interjection: happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Interjection

  1. (Judaism) Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Forms of shana tova

alternative formshanah tovah
alternative formshanah tova
alternative formshana tovah

Origin of shana tova

From Hebrew שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (shaná tová, “Happy New Year”, literally “good year”).

Questions about shana tova

What does shana tova mean?
Shana tova means happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
What part of speech is shana tova?
Shana tova is an interjection.

Words near shana tova in the dictionary

  1. shan't
  2. Shan-hsi
  3. Shan-t'ou
  4. Shan-tung
  5. Shana
  6. shana tova
  7. shanachie
  8. shanachies
  9. shanachy
  10. Shanae
  11. Shanafelt

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