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Chanukah

British  
/ xanuˈka, -nʊˌkɑː, ˈhɑːnəkə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Hanukkah

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Chanukah Cultural  
  1. Another spelling of Hanukkah.


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The empty car, which had a "Happy Chanukah" sign fixed to the roof, was scorched by the fire while parked in a house driveway, images on national broadcaster ABC television showed.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

The Jewish Week, while not quite on the same level of enthusiasm, did give the accurate and inadvertently enticing description “this pow! bam! sock! pie-in-the-face, ‘kick butt’ spaceage version of Chanukah is loud.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Hanukkah, also known as Chanukah, is a festival of light usually observed in December.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

I once threw an impromptu bash on the 4th night of Chanukah, sharing latkes and dreidels with out-of-town students and other “holiday orphans.”

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

It was the month of Kislev, when the nights were long and no amount of Chanukah light could chase them away.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny