Gaza
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gaza"
English
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʿazzā ~ ġazzā). The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑː.zə/, /ˈɡæ.zə/, (also in bibical contexts) /ˈɡeɪ.zə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːzə, -æzə, -eɪzə
- Hyphenation: Ga‧za
Proper noun
[edit]Gaza
- A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
- A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
- Ellipsis of the Gaza Strip: a region of Palestine, a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant.
- 2019 April 12, Annalisa Quinn, “The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.
- 2025 March 6, Rachel Hall, “‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator”, in The Guardian[2]:
- The video – posted by Trump on his Truth Social account last week – depicts a family emerging from the wreckage of war-torn Gaza into a beachside resort town lined with skyscrapers.
- Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gaza
- A Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa.
- A historical empire in Southern Africa; in full, Gaza Empire.
- Synonym: Gazaland
- A province of Mozambique.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
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Gaza people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Gaza Province on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
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[edit]Gaza f
Derived terms
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
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[edit]Gaza f (relational adjective gazský, demonym Gazan)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Gaza”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch gaza, from Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עזה (`aza).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gaza n
- Gaza, Gaza City (a city in Palestine)
- short for Gazastrook
Derived terms
[edit]French
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gaza f
- Gaza
- 2022 January 3, Maxime Pérez, “Les dilemmes de Tsahal”, in Conflits[3]:
- En Cisjordanie, puis au Liban-Sud et dans la bande de Gaza, Tsahal se heurte depuis plusieurs décennies aux écueils de la guérilla urbaine.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
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[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Gaza. The now standard pronunciation with /z/ was influenced by English Gaza, perhaps also directly by Arabic غَزّة (ḡazza).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Gaza n (proper noun, genitive Gazas or (optionally with an article) Gaza)
Derived terms
[edit]Hawaiian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gaza
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from the Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (Ġazzā).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (standard) IPA(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/
- Rhymes: -addza
- (English-influenced) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.za/
- Rhymes: -aza
- Hyphenation: Gà‧za
Proper noun
[edit]Gaza f
- a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant
- a governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
- ellipsis of Striscia di Gaza (“Gaza Strip”)
Synonyms
[edit]- (city): città di Gaza
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה ('Áza).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡaz.za]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡad.d͡za]
Proper noun
[edit]Gaza f sg (genitive Gazae); first declension
- Gaza (the capital of the Gaza Strip, Palestine)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gaza |
| genitive | Gazae |
| dative | Gazae |
| accusative | Gazam |
| ablative | Gazā |
| vocative | Gaza |
| locative | Gazae |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Gaza.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Gaza f (related adjective gazański)
- Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City)
- Gaza Strip (a region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)
- Synonym: Strefa Gazy
- Gaza (a province of Mozambique)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gaza
Further reading
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -azɐ
- Hyphenation: Ga‧za
Proper noun
[edit]Gaza f
- Gaza (a city in Palestine)
- a province of Mozambique
Usage notes
[edit]Gaza is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gáza f (Cyrillic spelling Га́за)
See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡaθa/ [ˈɡa.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡasa/ [ˈɡa.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: Ga‧za
- Homophones: gaza, (Latin America) gasa
Proper noun
[edit]Gaza ?
- Gaza, Gaza City (a city in Palestine)
- 2025 August 3, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Demócratas a favor de Israel intentan distanciarse de Netanyahu para frenar el giro del partido en medio de la crisis en Gaza”, in CNN en Español[4]:
- Chuck Schumer y Kirsten Gillibrand, quien lidera la comisión de campaña del Senado demócrata, han expresado su preferencia por Stevens, quien publicó la semana pasada una declaración en la que hace un llamado a cooperar para lograr que llegue comida a Gaza y liberar a los rehenes israelíes.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]Swahili
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gaza
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːzə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːzə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/æzə
- Rhymes:English/æzə/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/eɪzə
- Rhymes:English/eɪzə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Gaza
- en:Cities in Palestine
- en:Places in Palestine
- en:Governorates of Palestine
- English ellipses
- en:Ellipses of places
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Palestine
- English terms with quotations
- en:Valleys
- en:Former polities
- en:Provinces of Mozambique
- en:Places in Mozambique
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/aza
- Rhymes:Catalan/aza/2 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan uncountable proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Gaza
- ca:Cities in Palestine
- ca:Places in Palestine
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/aza
- Rhymes:Czech/aza/2 syllables
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Gaza
- nl:Cities in Palestine
- nl:Places in Palestine
- Dutch short forms
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:French/za
- Rhymes:French/za/2 syllables
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French terms with quotations
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German terms derived from Hebrew
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms derived from English
- German terms derived from Arabic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Gaza
- de:Cities in Palestine
- de:Places in Palestine
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian proper nouns
- Hawaiian terms spelled with G
- Hawaiian terms spelled with Z
- haw:Geographic and cultural areas of Palestine
- haw:Places in Palestine
- haw:Gaza
- haw:Cities in Palestine
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/addza
- Rhymes:Italian/addza/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/aza
- Rhymes:Italian/aza/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian uncountable proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Gaza
- it:Cities in Palestine
- it:Places in Palestine
- it:Governorates of Palestine
- Italian ellipses
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin terms spelled with Z
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Gaza
- la:Cities in Palestine
- la:Regional capitals
- la:Places in Palestine
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish learned borrowings from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/aza
- Rhymes:Polish/aza/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Gaza
- pl:Cities in Palestine
- pl:Places in Palestine
- pl:Geographic and cultural areas of Palestine
- pl:Provinces of Mozambique
- pl:Places in Mozambique
- Polish singularia tantum
- Polish exonyms
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/azɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/azɐ/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese uncountable proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Gaza
- pt:Cities in Palestine
- pt:Places in Palestine
- pt:Provinces of Mozambique
- pt:Places in Mozambique
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Gaza
- sh:Cities in Palestine
- sh:Places in Palestine
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθa
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθa/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/asa
- Rhymes:Spanish/asa/2 syllables
- Spanish terms with homophones
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish uncountable proper nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- es:Gaza
- es:Cities in Palestine
- es:Places in Palestine
- Spanish terms with quotations
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns