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Gerasa

Gerasa proper noun: an ancient city of the Decapolis, now Jerash in Jordan.

Proper noun

Gerasa

  1. An ancient city of the Decapolis, now Jerash in Jordan

Origin of Gerasa

Borrowed from Latin Gerasa, from Ancient Greek Γέρασα (Gérasa).

Questions about Gerasa

What does Gerasa mean?
Gerasa means an ancient city of the Decapolis, now Jerash in Jordan.
What part of speech is Gerasa?
Gerasa is a proper noun.

Words near Gerasa in the dictionary

  1. Gerardi
  2. gerardia
  3. gerardias
  4. Gerardis
  5. Geras
  6. Gerasa
  7. gerascophobia
  8. Gerasena
  9. Gerasene
  10. Gerasenes
  11. Gerasim

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