Judea
pronunciation
How to pronounce Judea in British English: UK [dʒu:ˈdiə]
How to pronounce Judea in American English: US [dʒuˈdiə, -ˈdeə]
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- Noun:
- the southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah; a Roman province at the time of Christ
Word Origin
- Judea
- from Latin Judaea, from Judah (see Judah).
Example
- 1. Because we come from judea .
- 2. Indeed , part of what rome 's military power imposed on judea was hellenic culture .
- 3. Without judea and samaria , the west bank , israel is all of 9 miles wide .
- 4. The whole land included the west bank , judea and samaria to him ; it could also have enfolded sinai , as far as he was concerned , until the camp david accords of 1979 with egypt limply gave that away .