Samaria

See also: samaria

English

Etymology

From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Samaria

  1. (historical) Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
  2. (historical) An ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.
    • 2023 December 26, Bethan McKernan, quoting Yoav Gallant, “Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 October 2026:
      Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Yoav Gallant said Israel was “coming under attack from seven theatres: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria [an Israeli term for the West Bank][sic], Iraq, Yemen and Iran”.
  3. A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ “Samaria”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch samaria, from Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שׁמרון.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsaːˈmaː.ri.aː/, /ˌsaː.maːˈri.aː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧ma‧ria

Proper noun

Samaria n

  1. Samaria (ancient capital of the northern kingdom of Israel and of the region Samaria)
  2. Samaria (ancient region in Palestine)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שׁמרון.

Proper noun

Samaria f

  1. Samaria (the ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank)
  2. Samaria (an ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Samarīa f sg (genitive Samarīae); first declension

  1. (historical) former name of Sebastia, Samaria (a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel)
  2. (historical) Samaria (an ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Samarīa
genitive Samarīae
dative Samarīae
accusative Samarīam
ablative Samarīā
vocative Samarīa
locative Samarīae

References

  • “Samaria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Samaria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (šomron).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈmaɾja/

Proper noun

Samaria f

  1. Samaria
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 44v:
      dixierõ al reẏ de sẏria las ẏentes. q̃ captiuest fezist seer tos om̃es en las cibdades de samaria non sabian el iudicio delos om̃es dela tierra. e vinien los leones ematauan los
      [Dixieron al rey de Syria “Las yentes que captivest fezist seer tos omnes en las cibdades de Samaria non sabían el judicio de los omnes de la tierra, e viníen los leones e matavan-los.”]
      [So] they told the king of Assyria, “The peoples you took captive and made your men settle in the cities of Samaria did not know the laws of the men of the land, and [so] the lions were coming and killing them.”

Descendants

  • Spanish: Samaria

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree
Hebrew שׁמרון
Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia)
Latin Samarīalbor.
Portuguese Samaria

    Learned borrowing from Latin Samarīa, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שׁמרון.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.maˈɾi.ɐ/, /saˈma.ɾjɐ/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.mɐˈɾi.ɐ/, /sɐˈma.ɾjɐ/

    Proper noun

    Samaria f

    1. Samaria (the ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank)
    2. Samaria (an ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /saˈmaɾja/ [saˈma.ɾja]
    • Rhymes: -aɾja
    • Syllabification: Sa‧ma‧ria

    Proper noun

    Samaria f

    1. Samaria (the ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank)
    2. Samaria (an ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)

    Welsh

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /saˈmarja/

    Proper noun

    Samaria f (not mutable)

    1. Samaria (the ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank)
    2. Samaria (an ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Samaria”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
    This page is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.