Ashkenaz

[ ash-kuh-naz ]

noun
  1. (in the Bible) a son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth.

  2. an ancient kingdom in eastern Armenia.

Origin of Ashkenaz

1
From Hebrew Ashkənāz, of uncertain origin but later associated first with the Scythians (Iranian nomads who lived between the Black and Aral Seas) and then with the Slavs
  • Also Douay Bible, As·ce·nez [as-kuh-neez] /ˈæs kəˌniz/ .

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