samaria
Syllables: Sa·ma·ri·a/səˈmɛəɹi.ə//səˈmɑːɹi.ə/
samaria noun: samarium oxide.
Noun
samaria (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Samaria
Samaria
- Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
- An ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.
- Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Yoav Gallant said Israel was “coming under attack from seven theatres: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria [an Israeli term for the West Bank]^([sic]), Iraq, Yemen and Iran”.2023 December 26, Bethan McKernan, quoting Yoav Gallant, “Fears of regional escalation as Israel warns of ‘multi-front’ war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
samaria meaning in Hindi
samaria in Hindi
- Samaria
- सामरिया sāmariyā
Origin of samaria
From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna).
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Questions about samaria
- What does samaria mean?
- Samaria means samarium oxide.
- What is samaria in Hindi?
- Samaria in Hindi is सामरिया (sāmariyā). See Samaria meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is samaria?
- Samaria can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce samaria?
- Samaria is pronounced /səˈmɑːɹi.ə/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: samaria (page history and authors); Samaria (page history and authors); सामरिया (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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