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Knesset
[
knes
-et
]
Origin
Knes·set
/
ˈknɛs
ɛt
/
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[
knes
-et
]
Show IPA
noun
the unicameral parliament of Israel.
Origin:
1945–50;
<
Modern Hebrew
kneset,
post-Biblical Hebrew
kəneseth
gathering
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World English Dictionary
Knesset
or
Knesseth
(ˈknɛsɪt)
—
n
the unicameral parliament of Israel
[Hebrew, literally: gathering]
Knesseth
or
Knesseth
—
n
[Hebrew, literally: gathering]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
Knesset
Israeli parliament, 1949, from Mishnaic Heb. keneseth "gathering, assembly," from stem of Heb. kanas "he gathered, assembled, collected."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
Knesset
[(
knes
-et, kuh-
nes
-et)]
The
parliament
of
Israel
.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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