Sa·mar·i·a (s -m r  -, -mâr-) An ancient city of central Palestine in present-day northwest Jordan. It was founded in the ninth century b.c. as the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, also known as Samaria. Conquered by Sargon II in 721 b.c., it was destroyed in the second century and rebuilt by Herod the Great. According to tradition, Saint John the Baptist is buried here. |
Samaria [səˈmɛərɪə]
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1. (Placename) the region of ancient Palestine that extended from Judaea to Galilee and from the Mediterranean to the River Jordan; the N kingdom of Israel
2. (Placename) the capital of this kingdom; constructed northwest of Shechem in the 9th century bc
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| Noun | 1. | Samaria - an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land, Palestine - an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism |
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