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Ash·ke·nazi | \ ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zē 
, ˌash-kə-ˈna- \
, ˌash-kə-ˈna- \ plural Ashkenazim\ ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zəm , ˌash-kə-ˈna- \
, ˌash-kə-ˈna- \Definition of Ashkenazi
: 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 \ ˌäsh-kə-ˈnä-zik , ˌash-kə-ˈna- \ adjective
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The first known use of Ashkenazi was in 1828
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