Judea

• Judæa (archaic), Judaea

From Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה‎ (yehudá).

• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuˈdiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Judea

1. Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Maccabees 1:10:

     In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt

• Judayah
• Judean

Judea f

1. Judea

• Judeën (obsolete)

From Middle Dutch judea, from Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה‎ (yehudá).

• IPA^(key): /ˌjyˈdeː.aː/
• Hyphenation: Ju‧dea
• Rhymes: -eːaː

Judea n

1. (historical) Judaea (central-southern region of Roman Palestine)

• Judeeër
• Judees

• jood
• Juda