Gaza en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡæ.zə/
- /ˈɡɑː.zə/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡeɪ.zə/ (also) in bibical contexts
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂)bor. Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza)bor. Latin Gazabor. English Gaza Borrowed from Latin Gaza, borrowed from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂). The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/.
Meanings
- A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
- A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) 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.
alt of the Gaza Strip
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.
2025 March 6, Rachel Hall, “‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025: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.
2019 April 12, Annalisa Quinn, “The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 01 May 2020:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
alt of Wadi Gaza
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aza | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Ghazzeh | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Azzah | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Ghazze | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Ghazza | alternative | lexicographic | |
| G4z4 | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Ghazzah | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Gazafication · G4z4 · Gaza City · Wadi Gaza · Gazan · Gaza Envelope · Gaza Strip
Descendants
Translations (81)
ckb غەززە (city) · tg Ғазза (city) · az Qəzzə (city) · fi Gaza (city) · he עַזָּה (city) · sl Gaza (city) · sq Gaza (city) · my ဂါဇာ (city) · ba Ғәззә (city) · uk Га́за (city) · es Gaza (city) · fa-cls غَزَّه (city) · bn গাজা (city) · tk Gaza (city) · ja ガザ (city) · ky Газа (city) · bg Га́за (city) · cmn 加沙 (city) · ar غَزَّة (city) · ro Gaza (city) · be Га́за (city) · de Gaza (city) · ast Gaza (city) · ru Га́за (city) · pt Gaza (city) · ug غەززە (city) · os Газӕ (city) · egy g-A-DA-A-ti-i-i-T14-N25 (city) · arz غزة (city) · ka ღაზა (city) · tt Газзә (city) · sh Gáza (city) · fr Gaza (city) · hu Gáza (city) · pl Gaza (city) · haw Gaza (city) · ms Gaza (city) · tl Gaza (city) · th กาซ่า (city) · he עַ׳זַּה (city) · da Gaza (city) · hy Գազա (city) · et Gaza (city) · lv Gaza (city) · fa-ira غزه (city) · hi ग़ज़्ज़ा (city) · sv Gaza (city) · tr Gazze (city) · sk Gaza (city) · nb Gaza (city) · hi ग़ज़ा (city) · haw Kaza (city) · ur غَزَّہ (city) · xcl Գազա (city) · uz Gʻazza (city) · mi Kāha (city) · is Gasa (city) · cmn 加薩 /加萨 (city) · el Γάζα (city) · ko 가자 (city) · sq Gazë (city) · cs Gaza (city) · sw Gaza (city) · mk Газа (city) · vi Gaza (city) · sh Га́за (city) · km ហ្គាស្សា (city) · kmr Xeze (city) · mr गाझा (city) · yi עזה (city) · lt Gaza (city) · it Gaza (city) · scn Gazza (city) · ary غزة (city) · bn গাজ্জা (city) · ota غزه (city) · nan-hbl 加薩 /加萨 (city) · nl Gaza (city) · grc Γάζα (city) · kk Газа (city) · mn Газа (city)