Hanukkah
/ˈhɑːnʊkɑː/(亦作Chanukkah)
noun
- a lesser Jewish festival, lasting eight days from the 25th day of Kislev (in December) and commemorating the rededication of the Temple in 165 BC by the Maccabees after its desecration by the Syrians. It is marked by the successive kindling of eight lights.（犹太教的）再献圣殿节, 光明节（每年从犹太教基色娄月［公历12月］25日起持续八天, 纪念耶路撒冷大庙被叙利亚人亵渎后, 公元前165年由马加比家族主持的对大庙的重新奉献, 仪式的特点是连续点燃八盏烛火）。
词源
from Hebrew hănukkāh 'consecration'.