Hanukkah

English 2006 December 25 Alternative forms The most common form is Hanukkah, followed by en Chanukah and en Hanukah. Other forms, which are only a fraction as common, include: en Hanuka, en Chanuka, en Chanukka, en Chanukkah, en Hannuka, en Khanuka, en Khanukah, en Khanike, en Chanuko, en Channukah, en Hannukah, en Channuka, en Hanukka, en Chanuca and en Chanuccah. The forms en Hannukka, en Channukkah and en Chanucca are very rare. Etymology Originated 1890–95. From en he חנוכה חנוכה / חֲנֻכָּה dedication, consecration khanuká from he חָנַךְ to dedicate, to consecrate khanákh. Pronunciation en /ˈhæ.nə.kə/ /ˈhʌ.nʊ.kə/ UK en /ˈhɑː.nə.kə/ /ˈxɑː.nə.kə/ reflecting Hebrew pronunciation US en en-us-Hanukkah.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hanukkah.wav Southern England Proper noun s en Q130881en 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. en Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/living/blended-christmas-hanukkah-holiday 2012-12-14 Rebecca and Roni Kopelman have been celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah since they got together in 2006, building the foundations of an interfaith household. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210060331/https://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/living/blended-christmas-hanukkah-holiday Synonyms en Feast of Dedication en Feast of Lights en Festival of Lights Derived terms en Chrismukkah Hanukkah bush Thanksgivukkah Related terms en hanukkiah Translations the Jewish festival Afrikaans: af Chanoeka, af Hanukkah Arabic: ar حَانُوكَا f, ar حَنُكَّة f Belarusian: be Хану́ка f, be Га́-нука f taraškievica, be Ха́-нука taraškievica Bengali: bn হানুক্কা Breton: br Hanouka Chinese: Cantonese: yue 光明節 gwong1 ming4 zit3, yue 燭光節 zuk6 gwong1 zit3, yue 修殿節 sau1 din6 zit3, yue 獻殿節 hin3 din6 zit3, yue 哈努卡節 haa1 nou5 kaa1 zit3, yue 馬卡比節 maa5 kaa1 bei2 zit3 Hakka: hak 獻殿節 Hien-thien-chiet Hokkien: nan-hbl 獻殿節 Hiàn-tiān-choeh, Hiàn-tiān-cheh Mandarin: cmn 光明節 Guāngmíngjié, cmn 燭光節 Zhúguāngjié, cmn 再獻聖殿節 Zàixiàn-shèngdiànjié, cmn 修殿節 Xiūdiànjié, cmn 獻殿節 Xiàndiànjié, cmn 哈努卡節 Hānǔkǎjié, cmn 馬加比節 Mǎjiābǐjié Czech: cs Chanuka f Dutch: nl Chanoeka f Esperanto: eo Ĥanuko Estonian: et Hannuka Finnish: fi hanukka French: fr Hanoukka f German: de Chanukka n f, de Lichterfest n Gothic: got 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰 f Greek: el Χανουκά Ancient Greek: grc ἐγκαίνια n Gujarati: gu હનુકા Hebrew: he חנוכה f khanuká חֲנֻכָּה Hindi: hi हनुका Hungarian: hu hanuka Indonesian: id Hanukah Italian: it Chanukah Japanese: ja ハヌカー hanukā, ja ハヌカ hanuka, ja ハニカ hanika Kannada: kn ಹನುಕಾ Khmer: km ហានុកា, km បុណ្យហានុកា Korean: ko 하누카 Ladino: lad Latin: la Encaenia f Marathi: mr हान्नुका m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hanukka Nynorsk: nn hanukká Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira حَنوکا Polish: pl Chanuka f, pl Święto Świateł n, pl Święto Świec n Portuguese: pt Chanucá m Romanian: ro Hanuka Russian: ru Ха́нука f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ханука f Latin: sh Hanuka f Sinhalese: si හනුකා Slovak: sk Chanuka f Spanish: es Jánuca f, es Janucá f, es Hanukkah f Swedish: sv chanukka Tamil: ta ஹனுகா Telugu: te హనుకా Turkish: tr Hanuka Ukrainian: uk Хану́ка f Urdu: ur حَنُوکاہ m Yiddish: yi חנוכה f khanuke Yoruba: yo Hánúkà References Hanukkah Hanukkah Hanukkah Anagrams en aahhkknu Khanukah en terms with /x/ en Holidays Hanukkah Portuguese Proper noun m pt Chanucá Spanish Pronunciation jánuka + Proper noun f es Janucá