Samaria

Definitions

1. Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
   historical
2. samarium oxide
   uncountable
3. An ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.
   historical
4. A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Equivalents

Examples

“Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, Yoav Gallant said Israel was “coming under attack from seven theatres: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Judea and Samaria [an Israeli term for the West Bank]^([sic]), Iraq, Yemen and Iran”.”

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