Gaon

//ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia Judaism, historical

    "1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=5mR5jX70oqwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=efbu3LMM7kVUrIzfWghTlqOeIXQ The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Gaon. alt-of
  3. 3
    A village. India

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"1991, Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=5mR5jX70oqwC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&sig=efbu3LMM7kVUrIzfWghTlqOeIXQ The Gaon also was distressed by the veneration the Hasidim accorded their rabbinic leaders, men whom the Gaon generally regarded as ignoramuses."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew גָּאוֹן (ga'ón, “grandeur, majesty, genius”).

Etymology 2

From Hindi गांव (gāmv).

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