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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μασάδα (Masáda).
Proper noun
Masada f sg (genitive Masadae); first declension
- A stronghold of Palestine, famous for the Roman siege
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Masada”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Masada in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Masada”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly