Churban
Hurban
/ Hebrew (xʊːrˈbɑn, Yiddish ˈxʊːrbən) /
nounJudaism
the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, first by the Babylonians in 587 bc and again by the Romans in 70 ad
another name for holocaust (def. 2)
Origin of Churban
1literally: destruction
Words Nearby Churban
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