Ha·nuk·kah
noun/ˈhænʊkə/, /ˈxænʊkə/
/ˈhɑːnʊkə/, /ˈxɑːnʊkə/
(also Chanukah)
- an eight-day Jewish festival and holiday in December (or sometimes starting in late November) when Jewish people remember the occasion when the temple in Jerusalem was dedicated again in 165 BC
Topics Religion and festivalsb212 月(或有时从 11 月下旬开始)为期八天的犹太节日和假期,犹太人在此纪念公元前 165 年再次奉献耶路撒冷圣殿的时刻 Oxford Collocations DictionaryHanukkah is used before these nouns:- gift
Word Originfrom Hebrew ḥănukkāh ‘consecration’.