Look up: shtetl


  1. Shtetl
    A shtetl (שטעטל, diminutive form of Yiddish shtot שטאָט, "town", pronounced very similarly to the South German diminutive "Städtle", "little town"; cf. Middle High German: stetelîn, stetlîn, stetel) was typically a small town with a large Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtetl

  2. shtetl
    (from the article `dietary law`) ...on the Mosaic Law in regard to food can be observed in the dietary customs of certain groups of modern Jews in their daily lives. In the pre-World ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/88

  3. shtetl
    [English words of Yiddish origin] a small town with a large Jewish population in pre-Holocaust Eastern Europe (Yiddish שטעטל shtetl 'town', diminutive of שטאָט shtot 'city'; cf. German Städtl, South German colloquial diminutive of Stadt, c...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Yiddish_origin

  4. shtetl
    The Yiddish expression for a small town or village, usually applied specifically to towns and villages with significant Jewish populations in the Pale of Settlement.
    Found op http://www.movinghere.org.uk/help/glossary.htm

  5. shtetl
    1) 'fiddler on the roof' setting 2) Fiddler on the roof setting 3) Jewish village 4) Old jewish community 5) Setting for many sholem aleichem stories 6) Village in isaac bashevis singer stories
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/shtetl/1

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