Gaza

See also: gaza and gáza

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza) from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  עזה (`aza).

Proper noun

Gaza

1. Ellipsis of Gaza City.; A Palestinian city on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
2. Ellipsis of Gaza Strip.; A North-South strip of land at the southern end of the Levant on the Mediterranean bordering the Sinai Peninsula zone.

Synonyms

• Ghazza
• Ghazzah
• Ghazze

Derived terms

• Gaza Strip

Translations

city

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

  Old Armenian: Գազա (Gaza)

• Azerbaijani: Qəzzə
• Bashkir: Ғәззә (Ğəzzə)
• Belarusian: Га́за f (Háza)
• Bengali: গাজা (gaja)
• Bulgarian: Га́за f (Gáza)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: Gaza (cs) f
• Dutch: Gaza
• Finnish: Gaza
• French: Gaza (fr)
• Georgian: ღაზა (ɣaza)
• German: Gaza (de) n
• Greek: Γάζα (el) f (Gáza)

  Ancient: Γάζα f (Gáza)

• Hebrew: עַזָּה f ('áza)
• Hindi: ग़ज़ा (ġazā)
• Hungarian: Gáza (hu)
• Japanese: ガザ (Gaza)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 가자 (Gaja)
• Kurdish:
• Macedonian: Га́за f (Gáza)
• Malay: Gaza
• Ossetian: Газӕ (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
• Tajik: Ғаза (Ġaza)
• Tatar: Газзә (Ğazzä)
• Thai: กาซ่า (gaa-sâa)
• Turkish: Gazze
• Ukrainian: Га́за f (Háza)
• Urdu: غزہ (ġazā)
• Uzbek: Gʻazo
• Vietnamese: Gaza
• Yiddish: עזה (ezza)

Gaza Strip — see Gaza Strip

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Catalan

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaza]
• Rhymes: -aza

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza

Derived terms

• Gazan
• gazský

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣaː.zaː/
• Hyphenation: Ga‧za

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza, Gaza City, city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine
2. Short for Gazastrook.

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaz.za/, [ˈɡäz̪d̪͡z̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/, [ˈɡäd̪ː͡z̪ä]

Proper noun

Gaza f sg (genitive Gazae); first declension

1. Gaza

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gaza
Genitive	Gazae
Dative	Gazae
Accusative	Gazam
Ablative	Gazā
Vocative	Gaza
Locative	Gazae

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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