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plural noun, singular Ash·ke·naz·i 
[-nah-zee] .
[-nah-zee] . Jews of central and eastern Europe, or their descendants, distinguished from the Sephardim chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of hebrew.
Origin:
1830–40; < post-Biblical Hebrew ashkənazzīm, plural of ashkənazzī, equivalent to ashkənaz Ashkenaz + -ī suffix of appurtenance
1830–40; < post-Biblical Hebrew ashkənazzīm, plural of ashkənazzī, equivalent to ashkənaz Ashkenaz + -ī suffix of appurtenance
Related forms
Ash·ke·naz·ic, adjective
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Ashkenazim
(pl.) "central and northern European Jews" (as opposed to Sephardim, Jews of Spain and Portugal), 1839, from Heb. Ashkenazzim, pl. of Ashkenaz, eldest son of Gomer (Gen. x.3), also the name of a people mentioned in Jer. li.27 (perhaps akin to Gk. skythoi "Scythians," cf. Akkad. ishkuzai); in Middle Ages,
EXPANDapplied to Germany.
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