Jericho

Jericho

See also: Jéricho and Jerichó

English

Jericho

Etymology

From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ‎ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkoʊ/

Proper noun

Jericho

1. A city in the West Bank, Palestine; Judea and Samaria, Israel.
2. A surname.
3. A male given name.
4. A historic suburb of the English city of Oxford.

Derived terms

• Jerichoan, Jerichoite
• Jericho rose, rose of Jericho
• Jericho walk

Translations

city

Afrikaans: Jericho Albanian: Jeriko Amharic: ኢያሪኮ (ʾiyariko) Arabic: أَرِيحَا‎ f (ʾarīḥā) Aragonese: Chericó Aramaic: ܐܝܪܝܚܘ‎ Armenian: Երիքով (Erikʿov) Basque: Jeriko Belarusian: Іерыхон (Ijeryxón) Bengali: আরীহা (arīha) Breton: Jeriko Bulgarian: Йерихон (Jerihon) Catalan: Jericó Chinese: Mandarin: 傑里科／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) Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 f (iaireikō) Greek: Ιεριχώ f (Ierichó) Ancient: Ἰεριχώ f (Ierikhṓ) Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ‎ (y'rikhó) Hungarian: Jerikó (hu) Icelandic: Jeríkó Indonesian: Yerikho Irish: Ireachó Italian: Gerico f Japanese: エリコ (Eriko), イェリコ (Yeriko), ジェリコ (Jeriko) Korean: 예리코 (yeriko) Latin: Hiericus f, Ierīchō 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 (es) 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

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Proper noun

Jericho n

1. Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Derived terms

• jerišský

Further reading

• Jericho in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Jericho in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Proper noun

Jericho n

1. Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Jericho n (proper noun, genitive Jerichos or (optionally with an article) Jericho)

1. Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)