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giudecca

giudecca noun: a Jewish ghetto in an Italian city.

Noun

giudecca (plural giudeccas or giudecche)

  1. (historical) A Jewish ghetto in an Italian city.
    • There are not a great many Jews in Sicily, though Syracuse and Trapani have their Giudeccas.1907, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Sicily, the New Winter Resort: An Encyclopaedia of Sicily, page 206

Proper noun capitalized: Giudecca

Giudecca

  1. A long island in the Venetian Lagoon separated from the main part of the city by a wide canal.

Forms of giudecca

pluralgiudeccas
pluralgiudecche

Origin of giudecca

Borrowed from Italian giudecca.

Borrowed from Italian Giudecca, from giudecca (“Jewish ghetto”), from Medieval Latin iudeca, from Latin iūdaica, feminine form of iūdaicus (“Judaic, Jewish”), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). Doublet of Judaica and Judecca. Despite the name, there is no evidence of any ancient Jewish settlements on the island.

Words that rhyme with giudecca

Questions about giudecca

What does giudecca mean?
Giudecca means a Jewish ghetto in an Italian city.
What part of speech is giudecca?
Giudecca can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of giudecca?
The plural of giudecca is giudeccas.

Words near giudecca in the dictionary

  1. Gitxsanimaax
  2. Gitxsanimx̱
  3. Gitxsans
  4. Giubiasco
  5. giubo
  6. giudecca
  7. Giudice
  8. Giudices
  9. giue
  10. giuen
  11. Giuffre

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