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haganah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
ha-ganah
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine (1921–48), which became the core of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew הַהֲגָנָה, literally "the defence" (see גָּנַן (ganán)) ultimately from the root ג־נ־ן (g-n-n).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

Irgun Lehi

Questions

What does haganah mean?
A Jewish paramilitary organization in the British Mandate of Palestine (1921–48), which became the core of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Where does haganah come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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