Etymology

Hadassah

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Today it means: A female given name from Hebrew. Full definition →

Hebrew הֲדַסָּה
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromהֲדַסָּה“myrtle”
  2. English todayHadassah

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.