Samaria

[ suh-mair-ee-uh ]

noun

1. a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
2. the northern kingdom of the ancient Hebrews; Israel.
3. the ancient capital of this kingdom.

Samaria

/ səˈmɛərɪə /

noun

1. the region of ancient Palestine that extended from Judaea to Galilee and from the Mediterranean to the River Jordan; the N kingdom of Israel
2. the capital of this kingdom; constructed northwest of Shechem in the 9th century bc