English Explanatory Dictionary

YIVO

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Institute for Jewish Research

Word forms

YIVO

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ייִוואָ (yivo), acronym of ייִדישער וויסנשאַפֿטלעכער אינסטיטוט (yidisher visnshaftlekher institut, “Jewish Scientific Institute”).

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