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- The most common form is Hanukkah, followed by Chanukah and Hanukah. Other forms, which are only a fraction as common, include: Hanuka, Chanuka, Chanukka, Chanukkah, Hannuka, Khanukah, Chanuko, Channukah, Hannukah, Channuka, Hanukka, Chanuca, and Chanuccah. The forms Hannukka, Channukkah, and Chanucca are very rare.
Etymology
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Originated 1890–95. From Hebrew חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה (khanuká, “dedication, consecration”) from חָנַךְ (khanákh, “to dedicate, to consecrate”).
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhʌ.nʊ.kə/, /ˈhæn.ə.kə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.nə.kə/, /ˈxɑː.nə.kə/
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Proper noun
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Hanukkah (plural Hanukkahs)
- (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.
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Translations
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the Jewish festival
- Afrikaans: Chanoeka, Hanukkah
- Arabic: حَانُوكَا f (ḥānūkā), حَنُكَّة f (ḥanukka)
- Belarusian: Хану́ка f (Xanúka), Га́-нука f (Há-nuka) (taraškievica), Ха́-нука (Xá-nuka) (taraškievica)
- Bengali: হানুক্কা (hanukka)
- Breton: Hanouka
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 光明節/光明节 (gwong1 ming4 zit3), 燭光節/烛光节 (zuk6 gwong1 zit3), 修殿節/修殿节 (sau1 din6 zit3), 獻殿節/献殿节 (hin3 din6 zit3), 哈努卡節/哈努卡节 (haa1 nou5 kaa1 zit3), 馬卡比節/马卡比节 (maa5 kaa1 bei2 zit3)
- Hakka: 獻殿節/献殿节 (Hien-thien-chiet)
- Hokkien: 獻殿節/献殿节 (Hiàn-tiān-choeh, Hiàn-tiān-cheh)
- Mandarin: 光明節/光明节 (zh) (Guāngmíngjié), 燭光節/烛光节 (Zhúguāngjié), 再獻聖殿節/再献圣殿节 (Zàixiàn-shèngdiànjié), 修殿節/修殿节 (Xiūdiànjié), 獻殿節/献殿节 (Xiàndiànjié), 哈努卡節/哈努卡节 (zh) (Hānǔkǎjié), 馬加比節/马加比节 (Mǎjiābǐjié)
- Czech: Chanuka (cs) f
- Dutch: Chanoeka (nl) f
- Esperanto: Ĥanuko
- Estonian: Hannuka
- Finnish: hanukka
- French: Hanoukka (fr) f
- German: Chanukka (de) n or f
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (inniujiþa)
- Greek: Χανουκά (Chanouká)
- Ancient: ἐγκαίνια n (enkaínia)
- Gujarati: હનુકા (hanukā)
- Hebrew: חֲנֻכָּה (he) f (khanuká)
- Hindi: हनुका (hi) (hanukā)
- Hungarian: hanuka (hu)
- Indonesian: Hanukah
- Italian: Chanukah
- Japanese: ハヌカー (hanukā), ハヌカ (hanuka), ハニカ (hanika)
- Kannada: ಹನುಕಾ (hanukā)
- Khmer: ហានុកា (haanukaa), បុណ្យហានុកា (bon haanukaa)
- Korean: 하누카 (hanuka)
- Ladino: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: Encaenia f
- Norwegian: hanukka
- Nynorsk: hanukká
- Persian: حنوکا (hanukâ)
- Polish: Chanuka (pl) f, Święto Świateł (pl) n, Święto Świec n
- Portuguese: Chanucá m
- Romanian: Hanuka
- Russian: Хану́ка (ru) f (Xanúka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ханука f
- Roman: Hanuka (sh) f
- Sinhalese: හනුකා (hanukā)
- Slovak: Chanuka f
- Spanish: Jánuca f
- Swedish: chanukka (sv)
- Tamil: ஹனுகா (haṉukā)
- Telugu: హనుకా (hanukā)
- Turkish: Hanuka
- Ukrainian: Хану́ка f (Xanúka)
- Urdu: حَنُوکاہ m (ḥanūkāh)
- Yiddish: חנוכה f (khanuke)
- Yoruba: Hánúkà
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References
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- “Hanukkah”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “Hanukkah”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "Hanukkah" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
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Proper noun
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Hanukkah m
- Alternative form of Chanucá