keilá

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Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew קהילה (k'hilá).

Noun

keilá f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling קהילה, plural keilás or keilot)

  1. (Judaism) synagogue

Further reading

  • Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “queħilá”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “keilá”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 284
  • Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “kehila”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 214