Gaza

See also: gaza, gáza, and Γάζα

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza) from the Biblical Hebrew עזה‏ (`aza).

Proper noun

Gaza

1. A Palestinian city on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, formerly in Egypt.
2. The Gaza Strip.

Synonyms

• Ghazza
• Ghazzah
• Ghazze

Translations

city

• Arabic: غَزَّة‏‎ f (ḡazza)
• Armenian: Գազա (Gaza)

  Old Armenian: Գազա (Gaza)

• Azeri: Qəzzə
• Belarusian: Га́за f (Háza)
• Bengali: গাজা (gaja)
• Bulgarian: Га́за f (Gáza)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加沙 (zh) (Jiāshā), 加薩, 加萨 (Jiāsà)

• Czech: Gaza (cs) f
• Dutch: Gaza
• Finnish: Gaza
• French: Gaza (fr)
• Georgian: ღაზა (ɣaza)
• German: Gaza (de) n
• Greek: Γάζα f (Gáza)
• Hebrew: עַזָּה‏‎ f ('áza)
• Hindi: ग़ज़ा (ġazā)
• Hungarian: Gáza (hu)
• Japanese: ガザ (Gaza)

• Korean: 가자 (Gaja)
• Kurdish: Xeze (ku)
• Macedonian: Га́за f (Gáza)
• Ossetian: Газæ (Gazæ)
• Persian: غزه‏‎ (fa) (ğaze)
• Portuguese: Gaza (pt) f
• Russian: Га́за (ru) f (Gáza)
• Serbo-Croatian: Газа f, Gaza (sh) f
• Slovak: Gaza f
• Slovene: Gaza f
• Spanish: Gaza
• Swahili: Gaza
• Tatar: Газзә (Ğazzä)
• Thai: กาซ่า (gaa-sâa)
• Turkish: Gazze
• Ukrainian: Га́за f (Háza)
• Urdu: غزہ‏‎ (ġazā)
• Vietnamese: Gaza
• Yiddish: עזה‏‎ (ezza)

Gaza Strip — see Gaza Strip

Derived terms

• Gaza Strip

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Catalan

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Hebrew עַזָּה‏ ('áza).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/

Proper noun

Gaza f (genitive Gazae); first declension

1. Gaza

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Gaza
genitive	Gazae
dative	Gazae
accusative	Gazam
ablative	Gazā
vocative	Gaza

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aza

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza (a city in Palestine)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Gaza ?

1. Gaza (city)

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Swahili

Proper noun

Gaza

1. Gaza