Gaza
Americannoun
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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.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gaza
First recorded in 1570–80; compare Arabic ghazzah, Biblical Hebrew 'ázāh
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Outside Gaza City's Shifa Hospital, video showed a crowd of men gathered to pray next to two body bags and the tiny body of the child, which was wrapped in a white towel.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The Israeli military has also used them in recent years to defend against FPV drones used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and militants in Gaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
In Gaza, Adnan Al-Assar said he harboured few illusions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
"We fear these elections could bring an even worse leader," said Huda al-Houli, a displaced resident of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Many of the fabrics that we know of today came to Europe via the Muslims, and their names still show their origins: damask from Damascus, muslin from Mosul, gauzes from Gaza.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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