galilee

¹ American  

[gal-uh-lee] / ˈgæl əˌli /

noun

1. a porch or vestibule, often on the ground floor of a tower, at the entrance of some English churches.

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Galilee ² American  

[gal-uh-lee] / ˈgæl əˌli /

noun

1. an ancient Roman province in what is now northern Israel.

2. Also called Kinneret.  Also called Tiberias.  Sea of Galilee. a lake in northeastern Israel through which the Jordan River flows. 14 miles (23 kilometers) long; 682 feet (208 meters) below sea level.

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Galilee ¹ British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌliː /

noun

1. a lake in NE Israel, 209 m (686 ft) below sea level, through which the River Jordan flows. Area: 165 sq km (64 sq miles)

2. a northern region of Israel: scene of Christ's early ministry

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galilee ² British  

/ ˈɡælɪˌliː /

noun

1. a porch or chapel at the entrance to some medieval churches and cathedrals in England

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Etymology

Origin of galilee¹

1585–95; < Medieval Latin galilaea porch of a church, literally, Galilee; perhaps alluding to Galilee as a country of Gentiles (as opposed to Judaea), the porch being an area especially associated with the laity

Origin of Galilee²

From Old French Galilee, from Latin Galilaea, from Greek Galilaía , from Hebrew galil, haggalil “district, the district”

Example Sentences

Born in Galilee in 1953 into a Muslim family, Bakri was an Israeli citizen.

From Barron's

"Mohammed Bakri died this Wednesday at the Galilee Medical Center" in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, hospital spokesperson Gal Zaid told AFP.

From Barron's

Already, they have been plunged into the sea of Galilee watching as Jesus walked on water and witnessed his transfiguration on a mountain top.

From Los Angeles Times

It sits above the Galilee Basin, one of the largest untapped coal reserves in the world, a 247,000-sq-km region containing more than 30 billion tonnes of coal.

From BBC

The princess was joined by the Duchess of Edinburgh and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence at the chapel's Galilee porch, a traditional vantage point to see the spectacle.

From BBC