Judea
English
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Etymology
From Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˈdeɪ.ə/, /d͡ʒuˈdiːə/
- Rhymes: -iːə
Proper noun
Judea
- Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Maccabees 1:10:
- In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Judea f
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Judeën (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch judea, from Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌjyˈdeː.aː/
- Hyphenation: Ju‧dea
- Rhymes: -eːaː
Proper noun
Judea n
- (historical) Judaea (central-southern region of Roman Palestine)
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Polish
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juˈdɛ.a/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛa
- Syllabification: Ju‧de‧a
Proper noun
Judea f (related adjective judejski)
- Judea (a historical region in Palestine)
Declension
Declension of Judea
singular | |
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nominative | Judea |
genitive | Judei |
dative | Judei |
accusative | Judeę |
instrumental | Judeą |
locative | Judei |
vocative | Judeo |
Derived terms
nouns
- Judejczyk
- Judejka