name
Meaning 1
A city in the West Bank, Palestine.
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Standard Lemma guide
Jericho
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/
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US: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkoʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: JH EH1 R IH0 K OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
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name
Meaning 3
A male given name.
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Meaning 4
A historic suburb of the English city of Oxford.
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Meaning 5
A locality in Southern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
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Meaning 6
A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Kentucky.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stow Creek Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina.
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cameron County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 14
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sterling Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.
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Meaning 16
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
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Meaning 17
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Brothertown, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 18
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Mukwonago, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 19
A place of retirement or concealment.
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Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 20
a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land
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Broader terms: village, hamlet
History
Etymology
From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Jericho — city
- Albanian: Jeriko — city
- Amharic: ኢያሪኮ (ʾiyariko) — city
- Arabic: أَرِيحَا (ʔarīḥā) — city
- Aragonese: Chericó — city
- Aramaic: ܐܝܪܝܚܘ — city
- Armenian: Երիքով (Erikʻov) — city
- Basque: Jeriko — city
- Belarusian: Іерыхон (Ijeryxón) — city
- Bengali: আরীহা (arīha) — city
- Breton: Jeriko — city
- Bulgarian: Йерихон (Jerihon) — city
- Catalan: Jericó — city
- Cherokee: ᏤᎵᎪ (tseligo) — city
- Chinese Mandarin: 傑里科 (Jiélǐkē) — city
- Maore Comorian: Yeriko — city
- Czech: Jericho — city
- Danish: Jeriko — city
- Dutch: Jericho — city
- Esperanto: Jeriko — city
- Estonian: Jeeriko — city
- Faroese: Jeriko — city
- Finnish: Jeriko — city
- French: Jéricho — city
- Galician: Xericó — city
- Georgian: იერიქონი (ierikoni) — city
- German: Jericho — city
- Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 (iaireikō) — city
- Greek: Ιεριχώ (Ierichó) — city
- Ancient Greek: Ἰεριχώ (Ierikhṓ) — city
- Hawaiian: Ieriko — city
- Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ (y'rikhó) — city
- Hindi: जेरिको (jeriko) — city
- Hindi: यरीहो (yarīho) — city
- Hungarian: Jerikó — city
- Icelandic: Jeríkó — city
- Indonesian: Yerikho — city
- Irish: Ireachó — city
- Italian: Gerico — city
- Japanese: エリコ (Eriko) — city
- Japanese: イェリコ (Yeriko) — city
- Japanese: ジェリコ (Jeriko) — city
- Korean: 예리코 (yeriko) — city
- Latin: Hiericus — city
- Latin: Ierīchō — city
- Latvian: Jērika — city
- Latvian: Jerihona — city
- Lithuanian: Jèrichas — city
- Lithuanian: Jerichonas — city
- Macedonian: Ерихон (Erihon) — city
- Malay: Jericho — city
- Malayalam: ഈറീഹോ (īṟīhō) — city
- Māori: Heriko — city
- Marathi: जेरिको (jeriko) — city
- Navajo: Jériko — city
- Norwegian Bokmål: Jeriko — city
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Jeriko — city
- Ossetian: Иерихон (Ierixon) — city
- Persian: اریحا (arihâ) — city
- Polish: Jerycho — city
- Portuguese: Jericó — city
- Romanian: Ierihon — city
- Russian: Иерихо́н (Ijerixón) — city
- Scottish Gaelic: Iericho — city
- Serbo-Croatian: Јерихон — city
- Serbo-Croatian: Jerihon — city
- Slovak: Jericho — city
- Slovene: Jeriho — city
- Spanish: Jericó — city
- Swedish: Jeriko — city
- Tamil: எரிக்கோ (erikkō) — city
- Turkish: Eriha — city
- Ukrainian: Єрихон (Jeryxon) — city
- Vietnamese: Jericho — city
- Welsh: Jericho — city
- Yiddish: יריחו (yerikhe) — city
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