Goy (disambiguation)

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Goy is a word used in Hebrew, Yiddish and English to mean a non-Jew.

Goy may also refer to:

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<i>Goy</i> Word meaning non-Jew

In modern Hebrew and Yiddish, goy is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew. Through Yiddish, the word has been adopted into English also to mean "gentile", sometimes in a pejorative sense. As a word principally used by Jews to describe non-Jews, it is a term for the ethnic out-group.

Gentile is a word that today usually means someone who is not Jewish. Other groups that claim Israelite heritage, notably Mormons, have historically used the term gentile to describe outsiders. More rarely, the term is used as a synonym for heathen or pagan. As a term used to describe non-members of a religious/ethnic group, gentile is sometimes compared to words used to describe the "outgroup" in other cultures.

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Hiram Bingham may refer to:

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Ladino, derived from Latin, may refer to:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shabbos goy</span> Non-Jew assisting in a task on Sabbath

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Goy is a surname. Notable people with the name include: