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Gaza
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Appendix:Variations of "gaza"
English
en <dab!>
Etymology 1
en
thumb|Map of the Gaza Strip (en Q47492) in 2012
thumb|Gaza City (en Q762573) in 2014
en :bor la:Gaza 1 ++ The Greek form of the Septuagint reflects the older Hebrew pronunciation with /ɣ~ʁ/, a phoneme that later merged with /ʕ/.
Alternative forms
en Aza Azzah Ghazza Ghazzah Ghazze Ghazzeh based on Arabic pronunciation
en G4z4 filter-avoidance spelling
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɑː.zə/ /ˈɡæ.zə/ /ˈɡeɪ.zə/<q:also in bibical contexts>
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gaza.wav Southern England
en ɑːzə æzə eɪzə 2
en Ga za
Proper noun
en Q47492 en city r/Gaza Strip cc/Palestine in the r/Levant Gaza City.
en Q762573 en governorate r/Gaza Strip cc/Palestine, around the city.
en Q39760 en @ellipsis of:Gaza Strip region c/Palestine a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant.
en The Small Rebellions of Sally Rooney’s Normal People w:The Atlantic Annalisa Quinn 2019-04-12 https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/sally-rooneys-normal-people-review/586801/ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250814150927/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/04/sally-rooneys-normal-people-review/586801/ 14 August 2025
en Rachel Hall ‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/06/trump-gaza-ai-video-intended-as-political-satire-says-creator 2025-03-06 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250404111310/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/06/trump-gaza-ai-video-intended-as-political-satire-says-creator
en Q2668577 en @ellipsis of:Wadi Gaza wadi/valley in the r/Gaza Strip c/Palestine.
Derived terms
en G4z4 Gaza City Gazaean Gaza Envelope Gazafication Gazan Gaza Strip Wadi Gaza
Descendants
mi Kāha 1
Translations
city
Albanian: sq Gazë f, sq Gaza f definite
Arabic: ar غَزَّة f
Egyptian Arabic: arz غزة f ḡazza
Moroccan Arabic: ary غزة f ḡazza
Armenian: hy Գազա
Old Armenian: xcl Գազա
Asturian: ast Gaza
Azerbaijani: az Qəzzə
Bashkir: ba Ғәззә
Belarusian: be Га́за f
Bengali: bn গাজা, bn গাজ্জা
Bulgarian: bg Га́за f
Burmese: my ဂါဇာ
Chinese:
Hokkien: nan-hbl 加薩
Mandarin: cmn 加沙, cmn 加薩
Czech: cs Gaza f
Danish: da Gaza n
Dutch: nl Gaza n
Egyptian: gꜣḏꜣty g-A-DA-A-ti-i-i-T14-N25
Estonian: et Gaza
Finnish: fi Gaza
French: fr Gaza
Georgian: ka ღაზა
German: de Gaza n
Greek: el Γάζα f
Ancient Greek: grc Γάζα f
Hawaiian: haw Gaza, haw Kaza
Hebrew: he עַזָּה f 'áza, he עַ׳זַּה f
Hindi: hi ग़ज़ा m, hi ग़ज़्ज़ा m
Hungarian: hu Gáza
Icelandic: is Gasa
Italian: it Gaza
Japanese: ja ガザ Gaza
Kazakh: kk Газа
Khmer: km ហ្គាស្សា
Korean: ko ^가자
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb غەززە
Northern Kurdish: kmr Xeze
Kyrgyz: ky Газа
Latvian: lv Gaza f
Lithuanian: lt Gaza f
Macedonian: mk Газа f
Malay: ms Gaza
Māori: mi Kāha
Marathi: mr गाझा
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Газа
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Gaza n
Ossetian: os Гъазӕ
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls غَزَّه
Iranian Persian: fa-ira غزه ġazze
Polish: pl Gaza f
Portuguese: pt Gaza f
Romanian: ro Gaza f
Russian: ru Га́за f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Га́за f
Latin: sh Gáza f
Sicilian: scn Gazza f
Slovak: sk Gaza f
Slovene: sl Gaza f
Spanish: es Gaza
Swahili: sw Gaza
Swedish: sv Gaza n
Tagalog: tl Gaza
Tajik: tg Ғазза
Tatar: tt Газзә
Thai: th กาซ่า
Turkish: tr Gazze
Ottoman Turkish: ota غزه Gazze
Turkmen: tk Gaza
Ukrainian: uk Га́за f
Urdu: ur غَزَّہ m
Uyghur: ug غەززە
Uzbek: uz Gʻazza
Vietnamese: vi Gaza
Yiddish: yi עזה aze
Etymology 2
en + Empire
thumb|Maximal extent of the kingdom
The founder of the Gaza Empire, Soshangane, named it after his grandfather Gasa kaLanga. The region, district, and province, are named after the empire. The people are named after the region.
Proper noun
en Q3780537 en historical empire r/Southern Africa.
en Gaza Kingdom Gaza Empire
en historical district colony:pref/Portuguese East Africa in r/Southern Africa
en Gazaland
en region r/Southern Africa
en Gazaland
en Q466526 en province c/Mozambique Xai-Xai.
en Gaza Province
A Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa, who settled in the Gazaland region.
Derived terms
en Gazaland Gaza Empire Gaza Kingdom Gaza Province Gaza people
Further reading
en Gazaland
en Gaza people
en Gaza Province
Catalan
ca:
Pronunciation
ca aza 2
Proper noun
f
ca city c/Palestine Gaza Gaza City
Derived terms
ca franja de Gaza
ca gazià
Czech
Pronunciation
cs aza 2
Proper noun
f gazský Gazan
en Gaza
Declension
f.sg
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
From nl dum gaza, from nl la Gaza, from nl grc Γάζα, from nl hbo עזה `aza.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɣaː.zaː/
nl Nl-Gaza.ogg
nl Ga za
Proper noun
n
nl city c/Palestine Gaza Gaza City
nl Gazastrook
Derived terms
nl Gazaan Gazastrook Gaziet
French
Alternative forms
fr Gaze archaic
Etymology
From fr la Gaza.
Pronunciation
fr za 2
Proper noun
f
en Gaza
fr Maxime Pérez Les dilemmes de Tsahal Conflits https://www.revueconflits.com/les-dilemmes-de-tsahal/ 2022-01-03 En Cisjordanie, puis au Liban-Sud et dans la bande de Gaza, Tsahal se heurte depuis plusieurs décennies aux écueils de la guérilla urbaine. https://web.archive.org/web/20260904031340/https://www.revueconflits.com/les-dilemmes-de-tsahal/ 4 September 2026
Derived terms
fr bande de Gaza Gazéen gazéen Gazéenne
Related terms
fr Gazaoui gazaoui Gazaouie
German
Etymology
de grc he
From de la Gaza. The now standard pronunciation with /z/ was influenced by de en Gaza, perhaps also directly by de ar غَزّة.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡaːza/ biblical, now archaic /ˈɡaːtsa/
de De-Gaza.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de <<city>> in <<c/Palestine>> Gaza
Derived terms
de Gazastreifen gazäisch Gazäer Gazäerin
Hawaiian
Alternative forms
haw Kaka
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw Gaza Q47492,Q762573
Italian
Alternative forms
it Gazza
Etymology
From it la Gaza, from it grc Γάζα, from the it hbo - hbo עַזָּה Ġazzā.
Pronunciation
[z:dz]<pre:it standard><ref:Gaza, pronuncia, Associazione per l'italiano (API), 16 February 2024.> [z:[z]]<pre:it English-influenced>
Proper noun
f
it Q47492 it city r/Gaza Strip cc/Palestine in the r/Levant
it governorate r/Gaza Strip cc/Palestine, around the city.
it Striscia di Gaza Gaza Strip
Synonyms
city it città di Gaza
Derived terms
it città di Gaza Striscia di Gaza gazeo gaziano gazawi antigaziano antigazawi filogaziano filogazawi
Related terms
it Palestina palestinese arabo
See also
it Israele Giordania Egitto Libano Levante mar Mediterraneo
References
Latin
Etymology
la :bor grc:Γάζα 1 ++
Pronunciation
Gaza 1
Proper noun
Gaza<1.loc>
la capital r/Gaza Strip cc/Palestine Gaza
Declension
Gaza<1.loc>
Related terms
la Gazaeus
Descendants
en Gaza
fr Gaza Gaze<q:archaic>
it Gaza
scn Gazza
roa-opt Gaza 1
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
roa-opt :lbor la:Gaza +
Proper noun
f gazeo
roa-opt city in the r/Levant geographic region/West Asia Gaza City
Descendants
pt Gaza Palestine
References
[[:<:]]Gaza[[:>:]]
Gaza 1
Polish
pl:
thumb|Gaza
Etymology
pl :lbor la:Gaza + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Gaza.ogg gaza
Proper noun
f gazański
pl Gaza Q47492
pl Gaza Strip Q39760
pl Strefa Gazy
pl province c/Mozambique Gaza
Declension
s
Further reading
pl exonyms
Portuguese
pt:<dab!>
Pronunciation
pt azɐ 2
pt Ga za
Etymology 1
pt Palestine :inh roa-opt:Gaza 2
Proper noun
f
pt Gaza Q47492
pt Faixa de Gaza Gaza Strip
Related terms
pt gazano gazense gazata gazeu gazita
Etymology 2
pt Mozambique :bor bnt-ngu:- + The first emperor, Soshangane, named the empire after his father Zikode kaGasa.
Proper noun
m
pt Gaza Q3780537
Proper noun
f
pt Gaza Q466526 Xai-Xai
Usage notes
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Proper noun
Gáza f
sh city c/Palestine Gaza
See also
sh Pojas Gaze
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
+<hmp:gaza,gasa<a:Latin America>>
Proper noun
es city c/Palestine Gaza Gaza City
es w: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 w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/08/03/mundo/democratas-israel-netanyahu-sionismo-crisis-gaza-trax 2025-08-03 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251102134020/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2025/08/03/mundo/democratas-israel-netanyahu-sionismo-crisis-gaza-trax 2 November 2025
Derived terms
es franja de Gaza
Swahili
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Gaza.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
en Gaza