Gaza

See also: gaza, gáza, Gáza, gâza, Gâza, gâză, Gâză, gazá, gazą, Gazą, gaža, gaża, and gażą

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

Translations
Gaza Strip — see Gaza Strip

Catalan

Proper noun

Gaza f

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

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaza]
  • Rhymes: -aza

Proper noun

Gaza f

  1. Gaza

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • Gaza in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

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.

French

Etymology

From Latin Gaza

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡa.za/
  • Rhymes: -za

Proper noun

Gaza f

  1. Gaza

Derived terms

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

Polish
Gaza

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עזה‎ (`aza).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.za/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aza
  • Syllabification: Ga‧za
  • Homophone: gaza

Proper noun

Gaza f

  1. Gaza, Gaza City (the capital city of Gaza Strip)
  2. Gaza, Gaza Strip (an exclave of Palestine)
    Synonym: Strefa Gazy
  3. Gaza (a province of Mozambique)

Declension
Declension of Gaza
singular
nominative Gaza
genitive Gazy
dative Gazie
accusative Gazę
instrumental Gazą
locative Gazie
vocative Gazo

Derived terms
adjective
  • gazański

Further reading
  • Gaza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Gaza in PWN's encyclopedia

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.

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

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. Gaza
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