Gaza

Definitions

1. A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.
2. A Nguni ethnic group in Southern Africa.
3. A governorate of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, around the city.
4. A historical empire in Southern Africa; in full, Gaza Empire.
5. Ellipsis of the Gaza Strip: a region of Palestine, a north–south strip of land bordering the Mediterranean and the Sinai Peninsula at the southwestern end of the Levant.
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6. A province of Mozambique.
7. Ellipsis of Wadi Gaza: a wadi, a valley in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
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Equivalents

Examples

“One critic [Madeleine Schwartz] recently noted that the politics of Rooney’s novels were largely “gestural,” with airy mentions of Gaza or austerity protests but not much radical substance.”

“The video – posted by Trump on his Truth Social account last⟳ week – depicts a family emerging from the wreckage of war-torn Gaza into a beachside resort town lined with skyscrapers.”

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