Judea

See also: Júdea and Judeą

English

Alternative forms

• Judæa (archaic), Judaea

Etymology

From Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuˈdeɪ.ə/, /d͡ʒuˈdiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Judea

1. Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Maccabees 1:10:

     In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt

Derived terms

• bitumen of Judea
• Judayah
• Judean

Translations

Judea

• Aghwan: 𐔼𐕆𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰 (ihuda)
• Arabic: يَهُودَا f (yahūdā)
• Armenian: Հրեաստան (Hreastan), Հուդա (hy) (Huda)
• Azerbaijani: Yəhudeya
• Belarusian: Іўдзе́я f (Iŭdzjéja)
• Bengali: যিহূদিয়া (bn) (jihudiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Юде́я f (Judéja)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 猶太 / 犹太 (jau⁴ taai³)

  Hakka: 猶太 / 犹太 (Yù-thai)

  Hokkien: 猶太 / 犹太 (Iû-thài)

  Mandarin: 朱迪亞 / 朱迪亚 (zh) (Zhūdíyà), 猶太 / 犹太 (zh) (Yóutài)

• Czech: Judea f
• Danish: Judæa n
• Dutch: Judea n
• Esperanto: Judujo
• Estonian: Juudamaa
• Finnish: Juudea (fi)
• French: Judée (fr) f

  Middle French: Iudée f

  Old French: Judea f

• Georgian: იუდეა (iudea)
• German: Judäa (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 n (iudaialand)
• Greek: Ιουδαία (el) f (Ioudaía)

  Ancient: Ἰουδαία f (Ioudaía)

• Hebrew: יְהוּדָה (he) m (yehudá)
• Hindi: यहूदीया m (yahūdīyā)
• Icelandic: Júdea f
• Indonesian: Yudea
• Italian: Giudea f
• Japanese: ユダヤ (ja) (Yudaya)
• Kazakh: Яһудея (İahudeia)
• Korean: 유대 (ko) (Yudae), 유태(猶太) (ko) (Yutae)
• Kyrgyz: Иудея (İudeya)
• Lao: ຢູດາຍ (yū dāi)
• Latin: Iūdaea (la) f, Iūdea f (Late Latin)
• Latvian: Jūdeja f
• Lithuanian: Judėja f
• Macedonian: Јудеја f (Judeja)
• Manchu: ᡳᠣᡩᠠ (ioda), ᡳᠣᡩᠠᠶᠠ (iodaya)
• Middle English: Jewery, Jude
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Judea n

• Persian:

  Classical Persian: یَهُودِیَه (yahūdiya)

  Iranian Persian: یَهودِیِه (yahudiye)

• Polish: Judea (pl) f, Juda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Judeia (pt) f
• Romanian: Iudeea f
• Russian: Иуде́я (ru) f (Iudéja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јудѐја f

  Roman: Judèja (sh) f

• Shan: ယုတႃႉ (yǔ tâ̰a)
• Slovak: Judea f
• Slovene: Judeja f
• Spanish: Judea (es) f
• Swahili: Uyahudi
• Swedish: Judea n
• Tagalog: Judea
• Tajik: Яҳудия (Yahudiya)
• Thai: ยูเดีย (th)
• Turkish: Yahudiye
• Ukrainian: Юде́я f (Judéja)
• Urdu: یَہُودِیَہ m (yahūdiya)
• Uzbek: Yahudiya
• Volapük: Yudän (vo)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒuˈðe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒuˈðe.a]

Proper noun

Judea f

1. Judea

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Judeën (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch judea, from Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjyˈdeː.aː/
• Hyphenation: Ju‧dea
• Rhymes: -eːaː

Proper noun

Judea n

1. (historical) Judaea (central-southern region of Roman Palestine)

Derived terms

• Judeeër
• Judees

Related terms

• jood
• Juda

Polish

Alternative forms

• Juda

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juˈdɛ.a/

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• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: Ju‧de‧a

Proper noun

Judea f (related adjective judejski)

1. Judea (a historical region in Palestine)

Declension

Declension of Judea

	singular
nominative	Judea
genitive	Judei
dative	Judei
accusative	Judeę
instrumental	Judeą
locative	Judei
vocative	Judeo

Derived terms

nouns

• Judejczyk
• Judejka

 

Further reading

• Judea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Judea in PWN's encyclopedia