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Gilead
//ˈɡɪliæd// name
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Proper Noun
- 1 A region east of the Jordan river.
"Is there no balme in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered?"
- 2 A male given name from Hebrew in occasional use.
""That's Gil's name: Gilead Bryan. I'd been assuming it was Gilbert." Nandina stopped stirring the soup and said, "Gilead. Like the song?""
- 3 An illiberal and oppressive place, especially on matters related to women's rights, reproduction, or sex (from the theocratic dystopia in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale). derogatory
"Another wrote: "Just to clarify women who chose not to take their husband's surname or have children with a partner they are not married to will be subject to increased border measures. This is what freedom looks like under a Tory government? Straight out of Gilead.""
- 4 A suburb of Sydney in the Campbelltown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
From Hebrew גִּלְעָד (gilʻád).
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