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GAZA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gaza mean?
• GAZA (noun)
The noun GAZA has 1 sense:
1. a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
Familiarity information: GAZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Gaza; Gaza Strip
Context example:
he is a Palestinian from Gaza
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Gaza" 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)
Context examples
A collective name for the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, two territories in Palestine.
(Palestinian Territory, Occupied, NCI Thesaurus)
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