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 ceasefire deal in Gaza is hugely welcome" and will be "an enormous relief to the families of Israeli hostages, so cruelly captured by Hamas two years ago".

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Opinion polls have shown consistently that a majority of Israelis are prepared to end the Gaza war if the hostages, living and dead, come home.

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News of the agreement triggered celebrations across Gaza, with residents exhausted by Israel’s no-holds-barred assault that had upended their lives, erased entire families and brought famine to the enclave expressing cautious hope.

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“They’re millionaires, these Jews!” he hears them say, as they careen with him to Gaza in a stolen car.

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Israeli forces would, over time, withdraw from the battlefield while maintaining a security buffer zone around Gaza.

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