Gaza

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

• Aza, Azzah, Ghazza, Ghazzah, Ghazze, Ghazzeh (based on Arabic pronunciation)
• G4z4 (filter-avoidance spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.zə/, /ˈɡæ.zə/, (also in bibical contexts) /ˈɡeɪ.zə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːzə, -æzə, -eɪzə
• Hyphenation: Ga‧za

Gaza

2. A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
4. A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
6. 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], archived from the original on 1 May 2020:

     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], archived from the original on 4 April 2025:

     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.

8. Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

• → Māori: Kāha

For sense 2, the founder of the Gaza Empire, Soshangane, named it after his grandfather Gasa kaLanga.

Gaza

1. A Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa.
2. A historical empire in Southern Africa; in full, Gaza Empire.

   Synonym: Gazaland

3. A province of Mozambique.

• Gaza people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gaza Province on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡa.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.za]
• Rhymes: -aza

Gaza f

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

• franja de Gaza
• gazià

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaza]
• Rhymes: -aza

Gaza f (relational adjective gazský, demonym Gazan)

1. Gaza

• “Gaza”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣaː.zaː/

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• Hyphenation: Ga‧za

Gaza n

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

• Gaze (archaic)

From Latin Gaza.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.za/
• Rhymes: -za

Gaza f

1. Gaza
   • 2022 January 3, Maxime Pérez, “Les dilemmes de Tsahal”, in Conflits‎^[3]:

     En Cisjordanie, puis au Liban-Sud et dans la bande de Gaza, Tsahal se heurte depuis plusieurs décennies aux écueils de la guérilla urbaine.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

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

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

1. Gaza (city in Palestine)

• Kaka

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ka/, [ˈkɐ.kə]

Gaza

1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City)
2. Gaza (a governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city)

• Gazza

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

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɡad.d͡za/^[1]
  • Rhymes: -addza
• (English-influenced) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/
  • Rhymes: -aza
• Hyphenation: Gà‧za

Gaza f

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

• (city): città di Gaza

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עַזָּה (ʕazzɔ̂).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡaz.za]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡad.d͡za]

Gaza f sg (genitive Gazae); first declension

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

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• English: Gaza
• French: Gaza, (archaic) Gaze
• Italian: Gaza
• Sicilian: Gazza

Learned borrowing from Latin Gaza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.za/

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• Rhymes: -aza
• Syllabification: Ga‧za
• Homophone: gaza

Gaza f (related adjective gazański)

1. Gaza (a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City)
2. Gaza Strip (a region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)

   Synonym: Strefa Gazy

3. Gaza (a province of Mozambique)

• “Gaza”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• Gaza in PWN's encyclopedia

• Rhymes: -azɐ
• Hyphenation: Ga‧za

Gaza f

1. Gaza (a city in Palestine)
2. a province of Mozambique

Gaza is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Gáza f (Cyrillic spelling Га́за)

1. Gaza (a city in Palestine)

• Pojas Gaze

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaθa/ [ˈɡa.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡasa/ [ˈɡa.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: Ga‧za
• Homophones: gaza, (Latin America) gasa

Gaza ?

1. Gaza, Gaza City (a city in Palestine)
   • 2025 August 3, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Demócratas a favor de Israel intentan distanciarse de Netanyahu para frenar el giro del partido en medio de la crisis en Gaza”, in CNN en Español‎^[5]:

     Chuck Schumer y Kirsten Gillibrand, quien lidera la comisión de campaña del Senado demócrata, han expresado su preferencia por Stevens, quien publicó la semana pasada una declaración en la que hace un llamado a cooperar para lograr que llegue comida a Gaza y liberar a los rehenes israelíes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Gaza

1. Gaza