English

Proper noun

Aliyah

1. A female given name of modern American usage, a variant of Aaliyah.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Hebrew.

Noun

Aliyah ‎(plural Aliyahs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of aliyah

English

Alternative forms

• aliya

Noun

aliyah ‎(plural aliyahs or aliyot or aliyoth or aliyos)

1. (Judaism, countable) The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah.
2. (uncountable) The immigration of Jews to Israel.
3. (countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.

Usage notes

• The plural used for the "wave of immigration" sense is almost exclusively aliyot.

Antonyms

• (immigration from Israel): yerida

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