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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (Yərīḥō).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ierīchō f (indeclinable)
- Jericho
Declension
Indeclinable noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Iericho”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Iericho in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.