shkheynes
Definitions
n. A neighborhood, vicinity.
Example Sentences
"He lived in the same shkheynes as his best friend so they saw each other a lot."
Languages of Origin
- Textual Hebrew
- Yiddish
Etymology
Y שכנות shkheynes
- Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
- Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
- North America
- Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
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Alternative Spellings
shcheynes, shkhaynes, shchaynes
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