noun
or ha·nu·kah or cha·nu·kah also cha·nuk·kah ˈḵ]änəkə, ˈh], ]ȧn-, -nu̇k-, -ˌkä, -ˌkȧ, -nikə, -nēkə\
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Hebrew ḥănukkāh dedication
: the eight-day Jewish festival of lights beginning on the 25th of Kislev and commemorating the victory of the Maccabees over Antiochus of Syria and their rededication of the defiled Temple of Jerusalem