Gaza

Gaza

See also: gaza, gáza, gaża, and Γάζα

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza) from the Biblical Hebrew 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
• Gazan

Translations

city

Arabic: غَزَّة‎ f (ḡazza) Armenian: Գազա (Gaza) Old Armenian: Գազա (Gaza) Azerbaijani: Qəzzə (az) Bashkir: Ғәззә (Ğäzzä) Belarusian: Га́за f (Háza) Bengali: গজ্জা (gôjja) Bulgarian: Га́за f (Gáza) Chinese: Mandarin: 加沙 (zh) (Jiāshā), 加薩／加萨 (Jiāsà) Czech: Gaza (cs) f Dutch: Gaza Finnish: Gaza (fi) French: Gaza (fr) Georgian: ღაზა (ɣaza) German: Gaza (de) n Greek: Γάζα (el) f (Gáza) Ancient: Γάζα f (Gáza) Hebrew: עַזָּה‎ f ('áza), עַ'זַּה‎ f Hindi: ग़ज़ा m (ġazā) Hungarian: Gáza (hu) Icelandic: Gasa Italian: Gaza Japanese: ガザ (Gaza) Kazakh: Газа (Gaza) Khmer: ហ្គាស្សា (gaassaa) Korean: 가자 (ko) (Gaja) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: غەززە‎ (ẍezze) Northern Kurdish: Xeze (ku) Kyrgyz: Газа (Gaza) Macedonian: Газа f (Gaza) Malay: Gaza Mongolian: Cyrillic: Газа (Gaza) Ossetian: Газӕ (Gazæ) Persian: غزه‎ (fa) (ğazze) Portuguese: Gaza (pt) f Russian: Га́за (ru) f (Gáza) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Га́за f Roman: Gáza (sh) f Slovak: Gaza f Slovene: Gaza f Spanish: Gaza Swahili: Gaza Tajik: Ғаза (Ġaza) Tatar: Газзә (Ğazzä) Thai: กาซ่า (gaa-sâa) Turkish: Gazze Turkmen: Gaza Ukrainian: Га́за f (Háza) Urdu: غزہ‎ m (ġazā) Uyghur: غەززە‎ (ghezze) Uzbek: Gʻazo Vietnamese: Gaza Yiddish: עזה‎ (ezza)

Gaza Strip — see Gaza Strip

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Catalan

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza, Gaza City (a city in Palestine)

Derived terms

• franja de Gaza

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaza]
• Rhymes: -aza

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza

Derived terms

• Gazan
• gazský

Further reading

• Gaza in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

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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 (a city in Palestine)
2. Short for Gazastrook.

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French

Etymology

From Latin Gaza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.za/
• Rhymes: -za

Proper noun

Gaza f

1. Gaza

Derived terms

• bande de Gaza

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaz.za/, [ˈɡäz̪d̪͡z̪ä]
• (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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -azɐ
• Hyphenation: Ga‧za

Proper noun

Gaza

1. Gaza (a city in Palestine)
2. A province of Mozambique

Usage notes

Gaza is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈɡaθa/ [ˈɡa.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈɡasa/ [ˈɡa.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: Ga‧za
• Homophones: gasa, gaza

Proper noun

Gaza ?

1. Gaza, Gaza City (a city in Palestine)

Derived terms

• franja de Gaza

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Gaza

1. Gaza