Ashkenaz
Americannoun
-
(in the Bible) a son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth.
-
an ancient kingdom in eastern Armenia.
Etymology
Origin of Ashkenaz
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
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I am by lineage Ashkenaz but emotionally Misrachi and also a lover of Sefarad, Spain.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2016
CMS spokesman Ashkenaz says the agency wants to avoid pointing fingers and would not say who at Justice was told, or when.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 6, 2011
Medicare has little sway over drug prices, said spokesman Peter Ashkenaz.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2010
Outside views complete the picture, from Ashkenaz, a doc about Israel's "white folks", to Jaffa: The Orange's Clockwork, which unpacks the political history of the world-conquering fruit.
From The Guardian • Apr. 23, 2010
Ashkenaz is the Assyrian Asguza, the name of a district which lay between the kingdoms of Ekbatana and the Minni.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
