אַשכּנז

See also: אשכנז

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז.

Proper noun

אַשכּנז • (áshkenaz) m

  1. (biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)

Proper noun

אַשכּנז • (áshkenaz) n

  1. (historical) A region centered on the Rhineland in present-day Germany, where Yiddish originated.
  2. (Judaism) Ashkenazi Jewry.
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