kitah

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Pronunciations

kitah (kee-TAH) listen

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Definitions

  • n. (education) A class, grade.

  • n. A sect, faction.

Example Sentences

  • "The kids in my kitah weren't being nice to me today."

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • MH כִּיתָּה‎ kitá > Y כּיתּה kite

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage
      • Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations
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      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

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

      Alternative Spellings

      kita

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