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Gaza

//ˈɡɑː.zə// name

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  1. 1
    A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
  2. 2
    A Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa.
  3. 3
    A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
  4. 4
    A historical empire in Southern Africa; in full, Gaza Empire.
  5. 5
    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. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "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."

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  1. 6
    A province of Mozambique.
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

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/.

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