Gaza

[gah-zuh, gaz-uh]

noun

1. Also called Gaza City. a seaport and ancient trade route center on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Gaza Strip, adjacent to southwest Israel: occupied by Israel since 1967 and under limited Palestinian self-administration since 1994.

2. Gaza Strip.

Gaza

/ ˈɡɑːzə /

noun

1. Arabic name: Ghazzah. a city in the Gaza Strip: a Philistine city in biblical times. It was under Egyptian administration from 1949 until occupied by Israel (1967). Pop: 787 000 (2005 est)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gaza¹

First recorded in 1570–80; compare Arabic ghazzah, Biblical Hebrew 'ázāh 

Example Sentences

The EU has said it is ready to redeploy a monitoring mission to the Rafah crossing point with Egypt when it opens and could help train a future police force in Gaza.

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Thousands of worshippers returned on Friday to the Gaza Strip's few intact and many damaged mosques, where for the first time in months loudspeakers blared the Islamic call to prayer.

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Hospitals in Gaza have often been on the front lines of the war between Israel and Hamas, which sparked the current conflict when it attacked Israel on Oct.

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The attacks came after videos circulated online of some Maccabi fans pulling down a Palestinian flag and chanting about Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.

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The reason: a controversy over Hamas’s failure to return all of the bodies of dead hostages that remain in Gaza.

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