tiyul

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Pronunciations

tiyul (tee-YOOL) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A walk, journey, hike, field trip (sometimes overnight).

Example Sentences

  • "This is the quintessential tiyul (trip) for hikers staying at the Eilat Field School." (source)

  • "Each of our edot (age-group) participates in a tiyul (overnight) each summer." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • טִיּוּל⁩ tiyúl 'trip'

      • Who Uses This

      • Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      tiul, tiyyul, tiyool

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