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Ashkenaz
[ ash-kuh-naz ]
noun
- (in the Bible) a son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth.
- an ancient kingdom in eastern Armenia.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Ashkenaz1
From Hebrew Ashkənāz, of uncertain origin but later associated first with the Scythians (Iranian nomads who lived between the Black and Aral Seas) and then with the Slavs
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