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What does Hanukkah mean?

Word: Hanukkah

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Hanukkah means a Jewish festival of eight nights, when families light candles at home.

How do you spell Hanukkah?

Syllables: Ha - nuk - kah

Tricky part: The k sound in the middle is spelt with two k's, and there is only one n before them.

Watch out for: Hannuka, Hanukka, Hanukkuh

Memory tip: Picture the two k's as two candles standing side by side in the middle of the word.

Hanukkah in a sentence

Example 1: Our Jewish neighbours light candles at Hanukkah.

Example 2: We ate potato pancakes at our friend's Hanukkah party.

Example 3: Children spin a top called a dreidel at Hanukkah.

Fun Fact

A Hanukkah candle stand holds nine candles: eight for the nights and one helper candle used to light the others.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) Hanakkah
b) Hanokkah
c) Henukkah
d) Hanukkah

Show answer

d) Hanukkah. The vowel after the n is u.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

Hanukkahh

a) h
b) k
c) a
d) n

Show answer

a) h. Only one h comes at the end.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

khaankuh

a) Ahnukkah
b) Hanukkha
c) Hnaukkah
d) Hanukkah

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d) Hanukkah. Put the two k's together, then sort out the letters around them.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Indian festival is also a festival of lights, like Hanukkah?

a) Raksha Bandhan
b) Diwali
c) Holi
d) Pongal

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b) Diwali

2. In which season does Hanukkah usually fall?

a) monsoon
b) winter
c) spring
d) summer

Show answer

b) winter

Associated Words

Words that start with han: handful, handsome, hanger, hand

More words from this list

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Next steps

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