Judea

• Judæa (archaic), Judaea

From Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuˈdeɪ.ə/, /d͡ʒuˈdiːə/

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Judea

1. Roman rendition of Judah. Used after the fall of the Davidic dynasty and through the period as part of the Roman Empire.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Maccabees 1:10:

     In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt

• balm of Judea
• balsam of Judea
• bitumen of Judea
• Judayah
• Judean

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒuˈðe.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒuˈðe.a]

Judea f

1. Judea

• Judeën (obsolete)

From Middle Dutch judea, from Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).

• IPA^(key): /ˌjyˈdeː.aː/
• Hyphenation: Ju‧dea
• Rhymes: -eːaː

Judea n

1. (historical) Judaea (central-southern region of Roman Palestine)

• Judeeër
• Judees

• jood
• Juda

• Juda

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• IPA^(key): /juˈdɛ.a/

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• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: Ju‧de‧a

Judea f (related adjective judejski)

1. Judea (a historical region in Palestine)

• Judea in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Judea in PWN's encyclopedia

Learned borrowing from Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yəhūḏāh).

• IPA^(key): /xuˈdea/ [xuˈð̞e.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: Ju‧de‧a

Judea f

1. Judea (a historical region in Palestine)

• → Tagalog: Hudea

• “Judea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025