Gazan

English

Alternative forms

• Gazaean

Etymology

From Gaza +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːzən/, enPR: gä'zən
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæzən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Gazan (plural Gazans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Gaza (Gaza City or the Gaza Strip in general).
   • 2009 January 8, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The Gaza Boomerang”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Many Gazans scorn Fatah as corrupt and incompetent, and they dislike Hamas's overzealousness and repression.

Translations

person from Gaza

• Arabic: غَزِّيّ m (ḡazziyy), غَزِّيَّة f (ḡazziyya), غَزَّاوِيّ m (ḡazzāwiyy), غَزَّاوِيَّة f (ḡazzāwiyya)

  South Levantine Arabic: غزّاوي m (ḡazzāwi), غزّاويّة f (ḡazzāwiyye)

• Catalan: gazià (ca) m, gaziana (ca) f
• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: Gazan (cs) m, Gazanka f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Gazaan m, Gazaanse f (in modern Gaza), Gaziet (nl) m or f (in ancient Gaza)
• Esperanto: gazano
• Finnish: gazalainen
• French: Gazaoui (fr) m, Gazaouie (fr) f, Gazéen m, Gazéenne f, Gazaouite (fr) m or f
• German: Gazäer m, Gazäerin f
• Greek: Γαζαίος (el) m (Gazaíos), Γαζαία (el) f (Gazaía), Γαζαουί (el) m or f (Gazaouí)

  Ancient: Γαζαῖος m (Gazaîos), Γαζαίᾱ f (Gazaíā)

• Hebrew: עַזָּתִי m ('azatí), עַזָּתִית f ('azatít)
• Italian: gazeo m, gazea f, gazese m or f, gazawi m or f
• Latin: Gazaeus m, Gazaea f
• Occitan: gazian m, gaziana f
• Polish: Gazańczyk (pl) m, Gazanka f, Gazejczyk m, Gazejka f
• Sicilian: ggazzeu m, ggazzea f, ggazzisi m or f
• Spanish: gazatí m or f, gazeo m, gazea f
• Swedish: gazan c, Gazabo (sv) c

Adjective

Gazan (not comparable)

1. Of or from Gaza.
   • 2023 October 21, Nicholas D. Kristof, “We Must Not Kill Gazan Children to Try to Protect Israel’s Children”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     He expressed outrage at the massacres of Jews by Hamas, as he should have, but he has struggled to be equally clear about valuing Gazan lives.

Translations

of or from Gaza

• Arabic: غَزِّيّ (ḡazziyy), غَزَّاوِيّ (ḡazzāwiyy)

  South Levantine Arabic: غزّاوي (ḡazzāwi)

• Bulgarian: газки (gazki), газски (gazski)
• Catalan: gazià (ca) m, gaziana (ca) f
• Chinese: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: gazský (cs)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Gazaans
• Finnish: gazalainen
• French: gazaoui (fr) m, gazaouie (fr) f, gazéen m, gazéenne f
• German: gazäisch n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can

  Ancient: Γαζαῖος (Gazaîos)

• Hebrew: עַזָּתִי ('azatí)
• Italian: gazeo, gazese, gazawi
• Latin: Gazensis, Gazaeus
• Macedonian: газиски (gaziski)
• Occitan: gazian m, gaziana f
• Polish: gazański (pl)
• Russian: газский (gazskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гаски, газејски

  Roman: gaski, gazejski

• Slovak: gazský
• Spanish: gazatí, gazeo
• Swedish: gazansk
• Ukrainian: газький (hazʹkyj), газський (hazsʹkyj)

Anagrams

• ganza, ganzá

Czech

Etymology

From Gaza +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡazan]

Noun

Gazan m anim (female equivalent Gazanka)

1. Gazan (person from Gaza)

Declension

Declension of Gazan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gazan	Gazané, Gazani
genitive	Gazana	Gazanů
dative	Gazanovi, Gazanu	Gazanům
accusative	Gazana	Gazany
vocative	Gazane	Gazané, Gazani
locative	Gazanovi, Gazanu	Gazanech
instrumental	Gazanem	Gazany

Related terms

• gazský
• Pásmo Gazy