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Ashkenazi
[äSHkəˈnäzē, ˌaSHkəˈnäzē]
NOUN
Ashkenazi (noun) · Ashkenazis (plural noun) · Ashkenazim (plural noun)
a Jewish person of central or eastern European descent, traditionally speaking Yiddish. About 80 percent of Jewish people today are Ashkenazim.Compare with Sephardi.
ORIGIN
modern Hebrew, from Ashkenaz, grandson of Japheth, one of the sons of Noah (Gen. 10:3), identified in medieval times with Germany.