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gaza
/ˈɡɑzə/
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What does gaza mean?
proper noun
- A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
- A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
- Ellipsis of the Gaza Strip: a region of Palestine, a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
- A historical empire in Southern Africa.
- A historical district of the colony of Portuguese East Africa in Southern Africa
- A region of Southern Africa
- A province of Mozambique.
- A Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa, who settled in the Gazaland region.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡɑzə/
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It is US policy that the final status of the Gaza Strip will be determined by negotiations among the concerned parties.
The route over the Desert from Suez to Gaza is not frequented by merchants, and is seldom passed by a traveller.
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The next place he sat down before was Gaza, one of the largest cities of Syria, where this accident befell him.
That the doctrine of the antipodes continued to have life, is shown by the fact that in the sixth century Procopius of Gaza attacks it with a tremendous argument.
At another time during the night he transported from the village of Gaza enormous burdens and placed them on the top of a mountain.