zillah

¹ American  

[zil-uh] / ˈzɪl ə /

noun

1. (in British India) any of the districts into which a province was divided for administrative purposes.

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Zillah ² American  

[zil-uh] / ˈzɪl ə /

noun

1. one of the two wives of Lamech. Genesis 4:19.

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Etymology

Origin of zillah¹

1790–1800; < Hindi zila < Persian ẓilaʿ < Arabic ḍilʿ part

Origin of Zillah²

From Hebrew Ṣillāh, possibly “shadow”

Example Sentences

When Yakima County resident Emma Argo became pregnant with her third child last summer, she hoped to deliver at Astria Toppenish, a community hospital less than 10 minutes from her home in Zillah.

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Zillah High School Principal Jeff Charbonneau is a member of the Washington Student Achievement Council, which works with higher education institutions in the state.

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Zillah School District was among the participants.

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Israel Bustamante, a Granger City Council member, was voted into office in 2019 on a platform of increasing commerce in Granger and catching up economically to nearby cities such as Zillah and Prosser.

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Stonemetz, a Zillah native, spent much of his childhood in Granger, where his friends lived.

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