Etymology

Knesset

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Today it means: The Israeli parliament, located in Jerusalem. Full definition →

Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromכְּנֶסֶת
  2. English todayKnesset

Borrowed from Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néset, literally “assembly”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.