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Ashkenazi

noun Ash·ke·nazi \ ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zē , ˌash-kə-ˈna- \

Definition of Ashkenazi

plural Ashkenazim play \-ˈnä-zəm, -ˈna-\
: a member of one of the two great divisions of Jews comprising the eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jews — compare sephardi
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Ashkenazic

play \-ˈnä-zik, -ˈna-\ adjective

Origin and Etymology of ashkenazi

Late Hebrew Ashkĕnāzī, from Ashkĕnāz, medieval rabbinical name for Germany

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