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From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַז.
אַשכּנז • (áshkenaz) m
- (biblical) Ashkenaz (a Japhetic patriarch in the Bible)
אַשכּנז • (áshkenaz) n
- (historical) A region centered on the Rhineland in present-day Germany, where Yiddish originated.
- (Judaism) Ashkenazi Jewry.