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ROSH HASHONA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rosh Hashona mean? 

ROSH HASHONA (noun)
  The noun ROSH HASHONA has 1 sense:

1. (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofarplay

  Familiarity information: ROSH HASHONA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROSH HASHONA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Jewish New Year; Rosh Hashana; Rosh Hashanah; Rosh Hashona; Rosh Hashonah

Hypernyms ("Rosh Hashona" is a kind of...):

feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)

High Holiday; High Holy Day (Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity)

Domain category:

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)


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