Nazareth

Nazareth

English

Etymology

Via Latin Nāzareth and Koine Greek Νᾱζᾰρέθ (Nāzaréth) from Hebrew נָצְרַת‎ (nāṣraṯ), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæzəɹəθ/

Proper noun

Nazareth

1. A city in northern Israel.

Related terms

• Nazarene

Translations

a city in northern Israel

Aghwan: 𐕎𐔰𐔵𐔰𐕙𐔴𐔸 (nazaret) Arabic: النَّاصِرَة‎ f (an-nāṣira) Hijazi Arabic: النَّاصرة‎ f (an-nāṣra) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܨܪܬ‎ Armenian: Նազարեթ (Nazaretʿ) Catalan: Natzaret (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 拿撒勒 (zh) (Násālè), 納匝肋／纳匝肋 (zh) (Nàzālèi) Czech: Nazaret (cs) m Dutch: Nazareth (nl) n Estonian: Naatsaret Finnish: Nasaret (fi) French: Nazareth (fr) m Galician: Nazaret (gl) German: Nazareth (de) n, Nazaret n Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌶𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸 (nazaraiþ) Greek: Ναζαρέτ (el) f (Nazarét) Ancient: Ναζαρέτ f (Nazarét), Ναζαρέθ m (Nazaréth) Hebrew: נָצְרַת‎ (he) f (natsrát) Hindi: नासरत m (nāsarat) Hungarian: Názáret (hu) Irish: Nazarat m, Nasaireit f Italian: Nazaret f Japanese: ナザレ (Nazare) Kazakh: Назарет (Nazaret) Khmer: ណាសារ៉ែត (naasaaraet) Latin: Nāzara f, Nāzareth f Latvian: Nācarete f Lithuanian: Nazaretas m Macedonian: Назарет m (Nazaret) Malay: Nazaret (Christianity) Maltese: Nazzarett Manx: Nasair Navajo: Názareth Ngazidja Comorian: Nazareti Polish: Nazaret (pl) m Portuguese: Nazaré (pt) Russian: Назаре́т (ru) m (Nazarét) Spanish: Nazaret (es) Swedish: Nasaret Urdu: ناصَرَت‎ m (nāṣarat)

Further reading

• Nazareth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Hetrazan

---

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Nazareth in 1866. Named after a former farmstead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.zaː.rɛt/
• Hyphenation: Na‧za‧reth

Proper noun

Nazareth n

1. A neighbourhood of Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

---

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːtsaˌʁɛt/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Nazareth n (proper noun, strong, genitive Nazareths)

1. Nazareth (city in Palestine, modern Israel)

---

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Νᾱζᾰρέθ (Nāzaréth, “Nazareth”), probably from the Hebrew נָצְרַת‎ (Nāṣraṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaːz.za.retʰ/, [ˈnäːz̪d̪͡z̪ärɛt̪ʰ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnad.d͡za.ret/, [ˈnäd̪ː͡z̪äret̪]

Proper noun

Nāzareth f (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of Nāzara

References

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

---

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Nāzareth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑt.sɑ.ret/

Proper noun

Nazareth ?

1. Nazareth (an ancient city in modern northern Israel)