noun
the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December)
• Syn: ↑Kislev
• Hypernyms: ↑Jewish calendar month
• Part Holonyms: ↑Jewish calendar, ↑Hebrew calendar
• Part Meronyms:
↑Hanukkah, ↑Hanukah, ↑Hannukah, ↑Chanukah, ↑Chanukkah, ↑Channukah, ↑Channukkah, ↑Festival of Lights, ↑Feast of Lights, ↑Feast of Dedication, ↑Feast of the Dedication
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Usage: usually capitalized
variant of kislev
Useful english dictionary. 2012.