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Ashkenazi

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Ashkenazi /ˌaʃkəˈnɑːzi/

▶noun (pl. Ashkenazim /-zɪm/) a Jew of central or eastern European descent. Compare with Sephardi.

– derivatives
Ashkenazic adjective.

– origin from mod. Heb., from Ashkenaz, grandson of Japheth, one of the sons of Noah (Gen. 10:3).

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