Jericho

See also: Jéricho, and Jerichó

English

Jericho

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Jericho

Wikipedia

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkoʊ/

Proper noun

Jericho

2. A city in the West Bank, Palestine.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name.
5. A historic suburb of the English city of Oxford.

Derived terms

• Jerichoan, Jerichoite
• Jericho rose, rose of Jericho
• Jericho walk

Translations

city

Afrikaans: Jericho Albanian: Jeriko Amharic: ኢያሪኮ (ʾiyariko) Arabic: أَرِيحَا f (ʔarīḥā) Aragonese: Chericó Aramaic: ܐܝܪܝܚܘ Armenian: Երիքով (Erikʻov) Basque: Jeriko Belarusian: Іерыхон (Ijeryxón) Bengali: আরীহা (arīha) Breton: Jeriko Bulgarian: Йерихон (Jerihon) Catalan: Jericó Chinese: Mandarin: 傑里科 (zh) (Jiélǐkē) Czech: Jericho Danish: Jeriko Dutch: Jericho Esperanto: Jeriko Estonian: Jeeriko Faroese: Jeriko Finnish: Jeriko French: Jéricho (fr) Galician: Xericó Georgian: იერიქონი (ierikoni) German: Jericho (de) Gothic: 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 f (iaireikō) Greek: Ιεριχώ (el) f (Ierichó) Ancient: Ἰεριχώ f (Ierikhṓ) Hawaiian: Ieriko Hebrew: יְרִיחוֹ (y'rikhó) Hungarian: Jerikó (hu) Icelandic: Jeríkó Indonesian: Yerikho Irish: Ireachó Italian: Gerico f Japanese: エリコ (Eriko), イェリコ (Yeriko), ジェリコ (Jeriko) Korean: 예리코 (yeriko) Latin: Hiericus f, Ierīchō f Latvian: Jērika f, Jerihona f Lithuanian: Jèrichas m, Jerichonas m Macedonian: Ерихон (Erihon) Malay: Jericho Maore Comorian: Yeriko Maori: Heriko Marathi: जेरिको (jeriko) Norwegian: Bokmål: Jeriko Nynorsk: Jeriko Ossetian: Иерихон (Ierixon) Persian: اریحا (arihâ) Polish: Jerycho (pl) n Portuguese: Jericó (pt) Romanian: Ierihon Russian: Иерихо́н (ru) m (Ijerixón) Scottish Gaelic: Iericho Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Јерихон Roman: Jerihon (sh) Slovak: Jericho (sk) Slovene: Jeriho Spanish: Jericó (es) m Swedish: Jeriko Tamil: எரிக்கோ (erikkō) Turkish: Eriha Ukrainian: Єрихон (Jeryxon) Vietnamese: Jericho Welsh: Jericho Yiddish: יריחו (yerikhe)

Noun

Jericho (plural Jerichos)

1. (informal) A place of retirement or concealment.

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Jericho n (related adjective jerišský)

1. Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “Jericho”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Jericho”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Jericho

Wikipedia ^nl

Proper noun

Jericho n

1. Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Jericho

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Jericho n (proper noun, genitive Jerichos or (optionally with an article) Jericho)

1. Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)