Gaza

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

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Gaza, from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʿazzā ~ ġazzā). The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːzə/, /ˈɡæzə/, (in bibical contexts also) /ˈɡeɪzə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant.
  2. A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
  3. Ellipsis of the 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.
    • 2019 April 12, Annalisa Quinn, “The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.
    • 2025 March 6, Rachel Hall, “‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator”, in The Guardian[2]:
      The video – posted by Trump on his Truth Social account last week – depicts a family emerging from the wreckage of war-torn Gaza into a beachside resort town lined with skyscrapers.
  4. Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. A province of Mozambique.

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 (relational adjective gazský, demonym Gazan)

  1. Gaza

Declension

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Latin Gaza. The now standard pronunciation with /z/ was influenced by English Gaza, perhaps also directly by Arabic غَزّة (ḡazza).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːza/, (biblical, now archaic) /ˈɡaːtsa/

Proper noun

Gaza n (proper noun, genitive Gazas or (optionally with an article) Gaza)

  1. Gaza (city in Palestine)

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈka.ka/, [ˈkɐ.kə]

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. Gaza (a region of Palestine)
  2. Gaza City (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine)

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.d͡za/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.za/ (Northern Italian dialects)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/ (Southern Italian dialects)

Proper noun

Gaza f

  1. a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant
  2. a governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
  3. ellipsis of Striscia di Gaza (Gaza Strip)

Synonyms

  • (city): città di Gaza

Derived terms

See also

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.

singular
nominative Gaza
genitive Gazae
dative Gazae
accusative Gazam
ablative Gazā
vocative Gaza
locative Gazae

Descendants

  • English: Gaza
  • Italian: Gaza
  • Sicilian: Gazza

Polish

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 (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant)
  2. Gaza Strip (a region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)
    Synonym: Strefa Gazy
  3. Gaza (a province of Mozambique)

Declension

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 f

  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

Proper noun

Gaza ?

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

Derived terms

Swahili

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. Gaza