Ashkelon

English

Alternative forms

Ashqelon, Ascalon

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæʃkəlɒn/

Proper noun

Ashkelon

A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.

Translations

city in Israel

Arabic: عَسْقَلَان (ʕasqalān)
Hijazi Arabic: عَسْقَلان f (ʕasgalān)
Armenian: Ասկալոն (Askalon)
Azerbaijani: Aşkelon, Əsqəlan
Coptic: ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲗⲱⲛ (askalōn)
Egyptian:

(jsqꜣrnj)
French: Ascalon (fr) m
German: Aschkelon n
Greek:
Ancient: Ἀσκάλων m (Askálōn)
Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן (he) f (ashkelón)
Hindi: अस्क़लान m (asqalān)
Italian: Ascalona f
Latin: Ascalōn m, Ascalōnia f
Ottoman Turkish: اصقالون (askalon), عسقلان (askalân)
Persian: عسقلان (asqalân), اشکلون (aškelon)
Polish: Aszkelon (pl) m
Portuguese: Ascalon f, Asquelom (chiefly biblical), Ascalão f, Ashkelon f
Russian: Ашкело́н (ru) (Aškelón)
Spanish: Ascalón m
Turkish: Aşkelon (tr)
Urdu: عسقلان ('asqalān)
Yiddish: אַשקלון n (ashkelon)

Further reading

Ashkelon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ashkelon f

alternative form of Ascalon