JERICHO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jericho mean? 

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

1. a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JERICHO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

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

West Bank (an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians)