CHANUKAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chanukah mean? 

• CHANUKAH (noun)
  The noun CHANUKAH has 1 sense:

1. (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC

  Familiarity information: CHANUKAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANUKAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Channukah; Channukkah; Chanukah; Chanukkah; Feast of Dedication; Feast of Lights; Feast of the Dedication; Festival of Lights; Hannukah; Hanukah; Hanukkah

Hypernyms ("Chanukah" is a kind of...):

Jewish holy day (a religious holiday for Jews)

Domain category:

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

Holonyms ("Chanukah" is a part of...):

Chislev; Kislev (the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December))

Tebet; Tevet (the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January))

 Context examples 

Many Virgos will become engaged over Christmas, Chanukah, or Kwanza this year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This full moon might be quite romantic, so you might agree to become engaged on Christmas, Chanukah, or New Year’s.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your big moment of the month will be Christmas Day, late on December 25 in the US and South America, and on December 26 for the rest of the world. (Chanukah falls from December 22 until 30, and Kwanza begins close too, on December 26.) Eclipses bring changes, and yours will be in your relationship, in either romance or business.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)