kipa

American  

[kee-pah] / kiˈpɑ /

noun

Hebrew.

plural

kipoth, kipot, kipos,

plural

kipas

1. yarmulke.

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Example Sentences

“We can walk the street with a kipa on, eat kosher, host lectures about Judaism and enter any place we want without any looks or comments,” said Elie Abadie, senior rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates, an organization that acts as a bridge between Emirati officials and the Jewish community.

From New York Times

Mr. Moss also had a special kipa made for the occasion.

From New York Times

“Marcus has a man bun so he actually cut a half circle out of a leather kipa to make it fit,” Ms. Abrams said.

From New York Times

He wears a kipa and tzitzit, the fringes that hang down from the waist, which puts him on the pious end of the Conservative spectrum.

From New York Times

He is religiously observant — he would be the first prime minister to wear a kipa — but he will head a governing coalition that is largely secular.

From New York Times