Gaza

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

English
Map of the Gaza Strip (2012)
Gaza City (2014)

Etymology

From Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from the Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (Ġazzā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːzə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. The capital of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in the Levant.
  2. A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
  3. Ellipsis of Gaza Strip, a region of Palestine, a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant.
  4. Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza, a wadi and valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, in the Levant.

Alternative forms
  • Aza
  • Ghazza
  • Ghazzah
  • Ghazze

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

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 (related adjective gazský, demonym Gazan)

  1. Gaza

Declension
Declension of Gaza (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Gaza
genitive Gazy
dative Gaze
accusative Gazu
vocative Gazo
locative Gaze
instrumental Gazou

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gaza, from Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עזה (`aza).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣaː.zaː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ga‧za

Proper noun

Gaza f

  1. Gaza, Gaza City (a city in Palestine)
  2. Short for Gazastrook.

Derived terms

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

Proper noun

Gaza f sg (genitive Gazae); first declension

  1. Gaza (the capital of the Gaza Strip, Palestine)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Gaza
Genitive Gazae
Dative Gazae
Accusative Gazam
Ablative Gazā
Vocative Gaza
Locative Gazae

Descendants
  • English: Gaza
  • Sicilian: Gazza

Polish
Gaza

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Gaza.

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

Proper noun

Gaza f (related adjective gazański)

  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

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.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Gáza f (Cyrillic spelling Га́за)

  1. Gaza (a city in Palestine)

See also
  • Pojas Gaze

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: gaza, (Latin America) gasa

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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