Samaria

See also: samaria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (shomron). Attested to in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒄿𒈾𒀀𒀀 (^KURsa-me-ri-i-na-a-a)

Proper noun

Samaria

1. a city of ancient Palestine, in present-day West Bank
2. A part of ancient Palestine.

Derived terms

• Samaritan
• good samaritan

Translations

Both city and part of ancient Palestine

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: Սամարիա (Samaria)
• Catalan: Samaria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撒馬利亞／撒马利亚 (Sāmǎlìyà), 撒马利亚 (Sāmǎlìyǎ), 撒瑪利亞／撒玛利亚 (Sāmǎlìyà), 撒玛利亚 (Sāmǎlìyǎ)

• Danish: Samaria
• French: Samarie (fr) f
• Galician: Samaria f
• German: Samaria n, Samarien (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σαμάρεια f (Samáreia)

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• Hebrew: שמרון
• Irish: an tSamáir f
• Japanese: サマリア (Samaria)
• Latin: Samarīa f
• Mongolian: Самари (Samari)
• Portuguese: Samaria (pt) f
• Russian: Самари́я (ru) f (Samaríja)
• Spanish: Samaria (es) f
• Volapük: (region) Samaritän

Anagrams

• Amarasi, aimaras

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שׁמרון.

Proper noun

Samaria f

1. Samaria (an ancient city and historical region in Palestine)

Related terms

• samaritano

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (shomron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.maˈriː.a/, [s̠ämäˈriːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.maˈri.a/, [sämäˈriːä]

Proper noun

Samarīa f sg (genitive Samarīae); first declension

1. Samaria (an ancient city in modern West Bank)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Samarīa
Genitive	Samarīae
Dative	Samarīae
Accusative	Samarīam
Ablative	Samarīā
Vocative	Samarīa
Locative	Samarīae

References

• “Samaria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Samaria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שׁמרון.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsa.ma.ˈɾi.ɐ/

Proper noun

Samaria f

1. Samaria (an ancient city and historical region in Palestine)

Related terms

• samaritano