Jericho

See also: Jéricho, and Jerichó

English

Jericho

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

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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

Proper noun

Jericho n

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

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

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