Kalish

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proper noun

Kalisz, Poland

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. Kalisz, Poland

    Israel Jaffa of Suvalk, later chazzan in Kalish, was also a remarkable Hebrew scholar.

    1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 433
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    Massacres occurred in Kalish, Cracow, Glogau, and other cities, especially on the German frontier.

    1894, Heinrich Graetz, History of the Jews, volume 4
proper nounKalish (plural Kalishes)

plural Kalishes

Origin

  1. PolishKalisz
  2. EnglishKalish

Borrowed from Polish Kalisz or Czech/Slovak Kališ.

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