Because they rededicated the Temple to God. http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-holidays/hanukkah
1) To dedicate or dedication. 2) The celebration which commemorates the rededication of the Temple and the associated miracles, during which we light Hanukkah candles.
The word dedicate has no roots.
The word "Happy" is English and the word "Hanukkah" is Hebrew.
The Hanukkah-menorah (candelabra).
The word dedicate means to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose.
Hanukkah (sometimes spelled Chanukah) is the only word for Hanukkah. In English, it is also sometimes called the Festival of Lights.
Hanukkah (חנוכה) means "dedication"
Hanukkah was founded 2180 years ago. The word "Hanukkah" is taken from Numbers ch.7 (in the original Hebrew). In that context, and in the context of our celebration of Hanukkah also, the word means "dedication" or "initiation" into the service of God.
It's called a channukiah or Hanukkah-menorah.
to dedicate is the root verb. Dedicated, dedication are the derivatives.
Dedication
No, there is not.