Definition of "hannukah" [hannukah]

• (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "They go to a jewish-y preschool where they learn all the hannukah songs and give my husband and I some serious flashbacks."
• "I wouldn't refuse a hannukah gift from you, nor a Ramadan one from someone else .. whether I was in prison or not."
• "Elohaynu melech ha'alom, asher kidishanu b'mitzvotah, vihitzivenu lehadlik, ner shel hannukah"