Samaria

See also: samaria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (shomron). Attested to in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒄿𒈾𒀀𒀀 (KURsa-me-ri-i-na-a-a).

Proper noun

Samaria

  1. The ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank.
  2. An ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.

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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/
  • 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 in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (shomron).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.maˈriː.a/, [s̠ämäˈriːä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.maˈri.a/, [sämäˈriːä]

Proper noun

Samarīa f sg (genitive Samarīae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case 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.
      dixieró al reẏ de sẏria las ẏentes. q́ captiuest fezist seer tos oḿes en las cibdades de samaria non sabian el iudicio delos oḿes dela tierra. e vinien los leones ematauan 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

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.maˈɾi.ɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.maˈɾi.a/

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 in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)

Spanish

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 in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)
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