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Definition of Aliyah

1. Noun. (Judaism) the honor of being called up to the reading desk in the synagogue to read from the Torah. "He was called on for an aliyah"

2. Noun. (Judaism) immigration of Jews to Israel. "Students making aliyah"

Definition of Aliyah

1. Proper noun. (given name female from=Arabic) of modern American usage, a variant of Aaliyah. ¹

2. Noun. The immigration of Jews into Israel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aliyah

1. the immigration of Jews to Israel [n -YAHS or -YOS or -YOT]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aliyah

aliterate aliterate person aliterates alitretinoin alitrunk alitrunks aliturgical aliue aliunde alive

alive(p) alive and kicking aliveness alivenesses aliya aliyah aliyahs aliyas aliyos aliyot

aliyoth alizapride alizari alizarin alizarin carmine alizarin crimson alizarin cyanin alizarin indicator alizarin purpurin alizarin red

Literary usage of Aliyah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wake Up! the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2005)
"was able to provide employment and accommodation for many other Sephardim who made aliyah. This tribal movement into the homeland of their foundling fathers ..."

2. Truth from the "Zog Bog" by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"Ever since 1948 and the creation of the state of Israel, aliyah has become a ... What is aliyah? Will you please spell it for me--where-in he did and we ..."

3. The Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot by William James Lloyd Wharton, John Phillips, Great Britain Hydrographic Office (1900)
"... southward from Aliyah island ; at low- water it is about 3 cables across. ... side of entrance to this bay are the two small islets Jam Ali, and Aliyah. ..."

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