Hanukkah

Alternative forms

 * The most common form is Hanukkah, followed by Chanukah and Hanukah. Other forms, which are only a fraction as common, include: Hanuka, Chanuka, Chanukka, Chanukkah, Hannuka, Khanukah, Chanuko, Channukah, Hannukah, Channuka, Hanukka, Chanuca, and Chanuccah. The forms Hannukka, Channukkah, and Chanucca are very rare.

Etymology
Originated 1890–95. From from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Chanoeka, Hanukkah
 * Arabic: حَانُوكَا, حَنُكَّة
 * Belarusian: Хану́ка, Га́-нука, Ха́-нука
 * Bengali: হানুক্কা
 * Breton: Hanouka
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 光明節, 燭光節, 修殿節, 獻殿節, 哈努卡節, 馬卡比節
 * Hakka: 獻殿節
 * Hokkien: 獻殿節
 * Mandarin:, 燭光節, 再獻聖殿節, 修殿節, 獻殿節, , 馬加比節
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Ĥanuko
 * Estonian: Hannuka
 * Finnish: hanukka
 * French:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌸𐌰
 * Greek: Χανουκά
 * Ancient: ἐγκαίνια
 * Gujarati: હનુકા
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: Hanukah
 * Italian: Chanukah
 * Japanese: ハヌカー, ハヌカ, ハニカ
 * Kannada: ಹನುಕಾ
 * Khmer: ហានុកា, បុណ្យហានុកា
 * Korean: 하누카
 * Ladino:
 * Latin: Encaenia
 * Norwegian: hanukka
 * Nynorsk: hanukká
 * Persian: حنوکا
 * Polish:, , Święto Świec
 * Portuguese: Chanucá
 * Romanian: Hanuka
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ханука
 * Roman:
 * Sinhalese: හනුකා
 * Slovak: Chanuka
 * Spanish: Jánuca
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: ஹனுகா
 * Telugu: హనుకా
 * Turkish: Hanuka
 * Ukrainian: Хану́ка
 * Urdu: حَنُوکاہ
 * Yiddish: חנוכה
 * Yoruba: Hánúkà