غزة

See also: غزه, غره, and غرة

Arabic

Etymology

Attested in Egyptian and Akkadian, but ultimately of unknown origin. More at Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (Ġazzā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaz.za/

Proper noun

غَزَّة • (ḡazza) f

1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City)
   • a. 1229, Yāqūt al-Ḥamawīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, كتاب معجم البلدان [kitāb muʿjam al-buldān]‎^[1], volume 3, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, published 1868, page 799:
   • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Judges, 16:1:

     ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ شَمْشُونُ إِلَى غَزَّةَ، وَرَأَى هُنَاكَ ٱمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً فَدَخَلَ إِلَيْهَا.

     ṯumma ḏahaba šamšūnu ʔilā ḡazzata, wa-raʔā hunāka mraʔatan zāniyatan fa-daḵala ʔilayhā.

     Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

Declension

Declension of noun غَزَّة (ḡazza)

singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	غَزَّة ḡazza	—
nominative	—	غَزَّةُ ḡazzatu	—
accusative	—	غَزَّةَ ḡazzata	—
genitive	—	غَزَّةَ ḡazzata	—

Derived terms

• غَزِّيّ (ḡazziyy), غَزَّاوِيّ (ḡazzāwiyy, “Gazan”)
• قِطَاع غَزَّة (qiṭāʕ ḡazza, “the Gaza Strip”)

South Levantine Arabic

Picture dictionary

غزة

فلسطين

صفد

الجليل

عكّا

حيفا

الناصرة

جنين

طولكرم

نابلس

يافا

البحـــــر
المتوسّط

ريحا

البحر
الميّت

رام الله

القدس

بيت لحم

الخليل

غزّة

بئر السبع

النقب

بلاد الشام

Etymology

From Arabic غَزَّة (ḡazza), ultimately of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaz.ze/, [ˈɣaz.ze]
• IPA^(key): (Gaza) /ɣaz.za/, [ˈɣaz.za]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Proper noun

غزّة • (ḡazze) f

1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City)

Derived terms

• غزّاوي (ḡazzāwi, “Gazan”)
• قطاع غزّة (qiṭāʕ ḡazze, “the Gaza Strip”)