Hanukkah

noun
🔊/ˈhænʊkə/, 🔊/ˈxænʊkə/
🔊/ˈhɑːnʊkə/, 🔊/ˈxɑːnʊkə/
(also Chanukah)
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  1. an eight-day Jewish festival and holiday in December (or sometimes starting in late November) when Jews remember the occasion when the temple in Jerusalem was dedicated again in 165 BC修殿节,光明节(历时八天的犹太人节日,纪念公元前 165 年重献耶路撒冷圣殿)Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHanukkah is used before these nouns:
    • gift
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    Word Originfrom Hebrew ḥănukkāh ‘consecration’.