Samarien

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), from Hebrew שמרון.

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Proper noun

Samarien n (proper noun, genitive Samariens or (optionally with an article) Samarien)

  1. Samaria (the ancient capital of the northern Kingdom of Israel, in the modern West Bank)
  2. Samaria (an ancient region in the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Luke 17:11 (with KJV translation)
      Und es begab sich, da er reiste gen Jerusalem, zog er mitten durch Samarien und Galiläa.
      And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.