giudecca
See also: Giudecca
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin iudeca, from Latin iūdaica, feminine form of iūdaicus (“Judaic, Jewish”), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). Doublet of giudaica.Compare Sicilian judeca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˈdɛk.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛkka
- Hyphenation: giu‧dèc‧ca
Noun
giudecca f (plural giudecche)
- (obsolete) a neighborhood in any of several Italian cities once reserved to the Jews; a ghetto
- Hypernym: ghetto
Derived terms
- Giudecca
Related terms
- Giuda
- giudaico
- giudaismo
- Giudea
- giudeo
- giudia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian giudecca.
Noun
giudecca f (plural giudecca)
- (obsolete) a Jewish ghetto
References
- giudecca in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN