Jericho

See also: Jéricho and Jerichó

English

Jericho

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰεριχώ (Ierikhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.

Proper noun

Jericho

1. An ancient city in the West Bank.
2. A surname
3. A male given name.

Derived terms

• Jerichoan, Jerichoite
• rose of Jericho

Translations

city

• Afrikaans: Jericho
• Albanian: Jeriko
• Amharic: ኢያሪኮ (ʾiyariko)
• Arabic: أَرِيحَا f (ʔarīḥā)
• Aragonese: Chericó
• Aramaic: ܐܝܪܝܚܘ
• Armenian: Երիքով (Erikʻov)
• Basque: Jeriko
• Belarusian: Іерыхон (Ijeryxón)
• Breton: Jeriko
• Bulgarian: Йерихон (Jerihon)
• Catalan: Jericó
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傑里科 (zh) (Jiélǐkē), 杰里科 (zh) (Jiélǐkē)

• Czech: Jericho
• Danish: Jeriko
• Dutch: Jericho
• Esperanto: Jeriko
• Estonian: Jeeriko
• Faroese: Jeriko
• Finnish: Jeriko
• French: Jéricho (fr)
• Galician: Xericó
• Georgian: იერიქონი (ierikoni)
• German: Jericho (de)
• Greek: Ιεριχώ f (Ierichó)

  Ancient: Ἰεριχώ f (Ierikhṓ)

• Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ (y'rikhó)
• Hungarian: Jerikó (hu)
• Icelandic: Jeríkó
• Indonesian: Yerikho
• Irish: Ireachó
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• Italian: Gerico f
• Japanese: エリコ (Eriko), イェリコ (Yeriko), ジェリコ (Jeriko)
• Korean: 예리코 (yeriko)
• Latin: Hiericus f
• Latvian: Jērika f, Jerihona f
• Lithuanian: Jèrichas m, Jerichonas m
• Macedonian: Ерихон (Erihon)
• Malay: Jericho
• Maore Comorian: Yeriko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Jeriko

  Nynorsk: Jeriko

• Ossetian: Иерихон (Ierixon)
• Persian: اریحا (arihâ)
• Polish: Jerycho (pl) n
• Portuguese: Jericó (pt)
• Romanian: Ierihon
• Russian: Иерихо́н (ru) m (Ijerixón)
• Scottish Gaelic: Iericho
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јерихон

  Roman: Jerihon (sh)

• Slovak: Jericho
• Slovene: Jeriho
• Spanish: Jericó m
• Swedish: Jeriko
• Tamil: எரிக்கோ (erikkō)
• Turkish: Eriha
• Ukrainian: Єрихон (Jeryxon)
• Vietnamese: Jericho
• Welsh: Jericho
• Yiddish: יריחו (yerikhe)

Noun

Jericho (plural Jerichos)

1. (informal) A place of retirement or concealment.

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Czech

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jericho n

1. Jericho (an ancient city in the West Bank)

Derived terms

• jerišský

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Proper noun

Jericho n

1. Jericho

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German

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Jericho n

1. Jericho (a city in the West Bank)