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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈmæː.ɹɪ.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /səˈmɛə.ɹɪ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈmɛɚ.i.ə/
• Homophone: Sumeria (some accents)
• Rhymes: -æɹiə, -ɛəɹiə
• Hyphenation: Sa‧ma‧ri‧a, Sa‧mar‧i‧a

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 in 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 The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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”.

Derived terms

• Samaritan
• Good Samaritan

Translations

ancient Sebastia and its region — see also Sebastia

• Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔰 (samaria), 𐕐𐔰𐕌𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔰 (šamaria)
• Arabic: السَّامِرَة f (as-sāmira)
• Armenian: Սամարիա (Samaria)
• Belarusian: Сама́рыя f (Samáryja)
• Bengali: শমরিয়া (bn) (śomriẏa)
• Bulgarian: Сама́рия f (Samárija)
• Catalan: Samaria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撒馬利亞／撒马利亚 (Sāmǎlìyǎ), 撒瑪利亞／撒玛利亚 (Sāmǎlìyǎ)

• Danish: Samaria n
• Dutch: Samaria (nl) n
• French: Samarie (fr) f
• Galician: Samaria f
• Georgian: სამარია (samaria)
• German: Samaria n, Samarien (de) n
• Greek: Σαμάρεια (el) f (Samáreia)

  Ancient: Σαμάρεια f (Samáreia)

• Hebrew: שומרון \ שֹׁמְרוֹן f (shomron)
• Hindi: सामरिया m (sāmariyā)
• Irish: an tSamáir f
• Japanese: サマリア (Samaria)
• Korean: 사마리아 (Samaria)
• Latin: Samarīa f
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Самари (Samari)

• Persian: سامَرِیِه (fa) (Sâmariye)
• Polish: Samaria (pl) f
• Portuguese: Samaria (pt) f
• Russian: Самари́я (ru) f (Samaríja)
• Spanish: Samaria (es) f
• Tajik: Сомария (Somariya)
• Turkish: Samarya
• Ukrainian: Сама́рія f (Samárija)
• Urdu: سامَرِیَہ m (sāmariya), سامَرَہ m (sāmara), سامِرَہ m (sāmira)
• Uzbek: Samariya
• Volapük: (region) Samaritän

Anagrams

• Amarasi, aimaras

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:

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• 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)

Related terms

• Samaritaan
• Samaritaans

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)

Related terms

• samaritano

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Samarīa f sg (genitive Samarīae); first declension

1. (historical) Former name of Sebastia, Samaria (a city in the West Bank, Palestine; ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel)
2. (historical) 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.

	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

     [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/, /saˈma.ɾi.ɐ/ [saˈma.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /saˈma.ɾjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.maˈɾi.ɐ/, /saˈma.ɾi.ɐ/ [saˈma.ɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /saˈma.ɾjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.maˈɾi.a/, /saˈma.ɾi.a/ [saˈma.ɾɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /saˈma.ɾja/

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

Related terms

• samaritano

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

Related terms

• samaritano