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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Galīlaíā, “Galilee”), from the Biblical Hebrew הַגָּלִיל (Hagalíl).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Galīlaea f sg (genitive Galīlaeae); first declension
- Galilee (a province in northern Palestine)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Gălīlaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gălĭlæa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 701/3.