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Aliyah

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The immigration of Jews into Israel.

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n. The calling up of someone to the bimah for a the reading of the Torah.

n. The immigration of Jews into Israel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah

n. (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel

Word Usage

"Since immigration to Israel is seen by Zionist ideology as “going up” (hence the Hebrew term aliyah), the newcomers are considered olim (“those who ascend”)."

Antonym

yerida

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

honour honor award laurels accolade immigration in-migration

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Althea Caesarea Corea Crimea Cytherea Dorothea Duryea Eritrea Gaea Galatea