Hanukkah
noun /ˈhænʊkə/, /ˈxænʊkə/
/ˈhɑːnʊkə/, /ˈxɑːnʊkə/
(also Chanukah)
- 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 BCTopics Religion and festivalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryHanukkah is used before these nouns:
- gift
Word Originfrom Hebrew ḥănukkāh ‘consecration’.