GALILEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galilee mean? 

• GALILEE (noun)
  The noun GALILEE has 1 sense:

1. an area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry

  Familiarity information: GALILEE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALILEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area of northern Israel; formerly the northern part of Palestine and the ancient kingdom of Israel; the scene of Jesus's ministry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Galilee"):

Nazareth (a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary)

Holonyms ("Galilee" is a part of...):

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)

Derivation:

Galilaean; Galilean (of or relating to Galilee or its inhabitants)

Galilean (of or relating to Galileo or his works)