קריה

• (excessive spellings): קיריה‎, קירייה‎, קרייה‎

Common semitic root:

• Phoenician: Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕‎ (qrt, “city”) (קַרְתּ)[1];
• Ugaritic: Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎊𐎚 (qryt, “city”) (קרית), Ugaritic קרת (“citadel”)[2];
• Aramaic: Aramaic קַרְתָּא‎ (“city”), Aramaic קִרְיַא‎ (“city”) [3];
• Arabic: Arabic قرية‎ (“village, city, town”) (קַרְיָה)[4];
• Arabic (Galilea): Arabic قرية‎ (“village”) (קַּרַוִי, אִבֶּן-קַּריֶה) [5];
• Moabite: Moabite 𐤒𐤓‎ (qr, “city”) (קר) [6];
• Ancient Egyptian: Egyptian qathre-t (“city”) [7];
• Hittite: Hittite guria (“citadel”) [8];

קִרְיָה • (kiryá) f (plural indefinite קְרָיוֹת‎, singular construct קִרְיַת־‎, plural construct קִרְיוֹת־‎) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. complex (collection of buildings)
2. (literary) city, town

• (places): הקריה‎
• (cities): קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ‎ (“Kiryat Ono”), קִרְיַת אָתָא‎ (“Kiryat Ata”), קִרְייַת בְּיַאלִיק‎ (“Kiryat Bialik”), קִרְיַת גַּת‎ (“Kiryat Gat”), קִרְיַת יָם‎ (“Kiryat Yam”), קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין‎ (“Kiryat Motzkin”), קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה‎ (“Kiryat Shmona”), (historical) קרית ספר‎ (“Kiryat Sefer”), קרית יויעל ("Kiryas Joel") (following Ashkenazic pronunciation)