Samaria
Americannoun
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a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
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the northern kingdom of the ancient Hebrews; Israel.
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the ancient capital of this kingdom.
noun
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the region of ancient Palestine that extended from Judaea to Galilee and from the Mediterranean to the River Jordan; the N kingdom of Israel
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the capital of this kingdom; constructed northwest of Shechem in the 9th century bc
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"Together we will bring hundreds of thousands of Jews to our northern Samaria," he said using the area's biblical name.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
For thousands of years, certain lands west of the Jordan River were known by their ancient Biblical Jewish names, Judea and Samaria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Combinations of these dynamics have been observed across historical contexts, from the biblical siege of Samaria to the Great Irish Famine of the late 1840s to the more recent crisis in Somalia.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024
A body recovered from the Thames in London last month is believed to be that of missing woman Samaria Ayanle, the Metropolitan Police has said.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
The Assyrian governor of Samaria was deprived of his authority, and Jewish rule was obeyed throughout what had been the territory of the Ten Tribes.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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