"Samaria" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /səˈmæː.ɹɪ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈmɛə.ɹɪ.ə/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger), /səˈmɛɚ.i.ə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Samaria.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æɹiə, -ɛəɹiə Etymology: From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Samaria}} Latin Samaria, {{der|en|grc|Σαμάρεια}} Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), {{der|en|hbo|שׁוֹמְרוֹן|alt=שֹׁמְרוֹן|tr=Šōmərôn}} Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn), {{l|akk|Sāmerīna|𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾|tr=Sāmerīna}} 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Samaria
  1. (historical) Former name of Sebastia, a city in the West Bank, Palestine, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Near East Categories (place): Ancient settlements, Cities in Palestine, Historical capitals, Places in Palestine Derived forms: Samaritan, good samaritan
    Sense id: en-Samaria-en-name-WgMz-~7i Disambiguation of Ancient Near East: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 59 41
  2. (historical) An ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank. Tags: historical Categories (place): Historical and traditional regions, Places in Palestine Translations (ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia): 𐕚𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔰 (samaria) (Aghwan), 𐕐𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔰 (šamaria) (Aghwan), Σαμάρεια (Samáreia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), السَّامِرَة (as-sāmira) [feminine] (Arabic), Սամարիա (Samaria) (Armenian), Сама́рыя (Samáryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), শমরিয়া (śomriẏa) (Bengali), Сама́рия (Samárija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Samaria [feminine] (Catalan), 撒馬利亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 撒马利亚 (Sāmǎlìyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 撒瑪利亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 撒玛利亚 (Sāmǎlìyǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Samaria [neuter] (Danish), Samaria [neuter] (Dutch), Samarie [feminine] (French), Samaria [feminine] (Galician), სამარია (samaria) (Georgian), Samaria [neuter] (German), Samarien [neuter] (German), Σαμάρεια (Samáreia) [feminine] (Greek), שומרון \ שֹׁמְרוֹן (shomron) [feminine] (Hebrew), सामरिया (sāmariyā) [masculine] (Hindi), an tSamáir [feminine] (Irish), サマリア (Samaria) (Japanese), 사마리아 (Samaria) (Korean), Samarīa [feminine] (Latin), Самари (Samari) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), سامَرِیِه (Sâmariye) (Persian), Samaria [feminine] (Polish), Samaria [feminine] (Portuguese), Самари́я (Samaríja) [feminine] (Russian), Samaria [feminine] (Spanish), Сомария (Somariya) (Tajik), Samarya (Turkish), Сама́рія (Samárija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سامَرِیَہ (sāmariya) [masculine] (Urdu), سامَرَہ (sāmara) [masculine] (Urdu), سامِرَہ (sāmira) [masculine] (Urdu), Samariya (Uzbek), Samaritän [region, location] (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-Samaria-en-name-GW5LSSYn Disambiguation of 'ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia': 37 63

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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Samaria"
  ],
  "word": "Samaria"
}
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    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English 5-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Biblical Hebrew",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹiə",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹiə/4 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛəɹiə",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛəɹiə/4 syllables",
    "en:Ancient Near East"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Samaritan"
    },
    {
      "word": "good samaritan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Samaria"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Samaria",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Σαμάρεια"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hbo",
        "3": "שׁוֹמְרוֹן",
        "alt": "שֹׁמְרוֹן",
        "tr": "Šōmərôn"
      },
      "expansion": "Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "Sāmerīna",
        "3": "𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾",
        "tr": "Sāmerīna"
      },
      "expansion": "𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna)",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna).",
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
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    "Sa‧ma‧ri‧a"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "en:Ancient settlements",
        "en:Cities in Palestine",
        "en:Historical capitals",
        "en:Places in Palestine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Former name of Sebastia, a city in the West Bank, Palestine, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Sebastia",
          "Sebastia#English"
        ],
        [
          "West Bank",
          "West Bank#English"
        ],
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "capital",
          "capital"
        ],
        [
          "Israel",
          "Israel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Former name of Sebastia, a city in the West Bank, Palestine, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Historical and traditional regions",
        "en:Places in Palestine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 December 26, Bethan McKernan, quoting Yoav Gallant, “Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "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], Iraq, Yemen and Iran”.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Palestine",
          "Palestine#English"
        ],
        [
          "West Bank",
          "West Bank#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) An ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈmæː.ɹɪ.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈmɛə.ɹɪ.ə/",
      "note": "Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈmɛɚ.i.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Sumeria (some accents)"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹiə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹiə"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "samaria",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "𐕚𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔰"
    },
    {
      "code": "xag",
      "lang": "Aghwan",
      "roman": "šamaria",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "𐕐𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔰"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "as-sāmira",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "السَّامِرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Samaria",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "Սամարիա"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Samáryja",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сама́рыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śomriẏa",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "শমরিয়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Samárija",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сама́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "撒馬利亞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sāmǎlìyǎ",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "撒马利亚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "撒瑪利亞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sāmǎlìyǎ",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "撒玛利亚"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samaria",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "სამარია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Samarien"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Samáreia",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σαμάρεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Samáreia",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σαμάρεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shomron",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שומרון \\ שֹׁמְרוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sāmariyā",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सामरिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "an tSamáir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Samaria",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "サマリア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Samaria",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "사마리아"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samarīa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Samari",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Самари"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "Sâmariye",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "سامَرِیِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Samaríja",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Самари́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Samaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Somariya",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "Сомария"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "Samarya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Samárija",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сама́рія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sāmariya",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سامَرِیَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sāmara",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سامَرَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sāmira",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سامِرَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "word": "Samariya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia",
      "topics": [
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "Samaritän"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Samaria"
  ],
  "word": "Samaria"
}

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