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Gaza

Gaza

See also: gaza, gáza, and Γάζα

English

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. A Palestinian city on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, formerly in Egypt.
  2. The Gaza Strip.

Synonyms

  • Ghazza
  • Ghazzah
  • Ghazze

Translations

Derived terms


Catalan

Proper noun

Gaza f

  1. Gaza

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aza

Proper noun

Gaza f

  1. Gaza (a city in Palestine)

Spanish

Proper noun

Gaza ?

  1. Gaza (city)

Swahili

Proper noun

Gaza

  1. Gaza

gaza

gaza

See also: Gaza, gáza, and Γάζα

French

Verb

gaza

  1. third-person singular past historic of gazer

Italian

Verb

gaza

  1. third-person singular present indicative of gazare
  2. second-person singular imperative of gazare

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza).

Pronunciation

Noun

gaza f (genitive gazae); first declension

  1. treasury
  2. treasure, riches
  3. wealth

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative gaza gazae
genitive gazae gazārum
dative gazae gazīs
accusative gazam gazās
ablative gazā gazīs
vocative gaza gazae

References

  • gaza in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • GAZA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • gaza in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gaza in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • gaza in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French gazer.

Verb

a gaza (third-person singular present gazează, past participle gazat) 1st conj.

  1. to gas

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǎːza/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧za

Noun

gáza f (Cyrillic spelling га́за)

  1. gauze

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

Compare Italian gassa (stopper knot).

Noun

gaza f (plural gazas)

  1. eye splice