Judaea
Judea or Judaea is a mountainous region of the Levant. Traditionally dominated by the city of Jerusalem, it is now part of Israel and the West Bank. The name's usage is historic, having been used in antiquity and still into the present day; it originates from Yehudah, the Hebrew name of the tribe, called Juda in English.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Region
- Description: region of ancient Israel
- Also known as: “Judæa”, “Judah”, “Judea”, “Yahūdhā”, and “Yehuda”
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarqumiyah and Beit Ula.
Tarqumiyah
Town
Tarqumiyah is a city located 12 kilometers northwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate in the State of Palestine. The city had a population of 19,311 in 2017.
Beit Ula
Town
Beit Ula, Beit Aula, is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located ten kilometers northwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank. Beit Ula is situated 3 km northeast of Judaea.
Idhna
Town
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Idna or Idhna is a Palestinian town in the southern West Bank, located in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, 13 kilometers west of Hebron and about one kilometer east of the Green Line. Idhna is situated 3½ km southwest of Judaea.
Judaea
- Category: historical region
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Judaea” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Judea”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰουδαία”
- Arabic: “جوديا”
- Arabic: “يهودا”
- Arabic: “يهودية”
- Armenian: “Հուդեա”
- Armenian: “Հրեաստան”
- Asturian: “Xudea”
- Azerbaijani: “İudeya”
- Basque: “Judea”
- Belarusian: “Іўдзея”
- Belarusian: “Юдэя”
- Bengali: “যিহূদিয়া”
- Bislama: “Judia”
- Bosnian: “Judeja”
- Bulgarian: “Юдея”
- Catalan: “Judea”
- Chinese: “犹地亚”
- Chinese: “犹大山地”
- Chinese: “猶大山地”
- Chuvash: “Иудея”
- Croatian: “Judeja”
- Czech: “Judea”
- Czech: “Judsko”
- Czech: “Judstvo”
- Danish: “Judæa”
- Danish: “Judea”
- Dutch: “Judaea”
- Dutch: “Judea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يهودا”
- Esperanto: “Iudaea”
- Esperanto: “Judajo”
- Esperanto: “Judea”
- Esperanto: “Judeo”
- Esperanto: “Judio”
- Esperanto: “Judujo”
- Esperanto: “Palaestina”
- Esperanto: “Regno de Judujo”
- Faroese: “Judea”
- Finnish: “Juuda”
- Finnish: “Juudea”
- French: “Judee”
- French: “Judée”
- French: “Judéens”
- Galician: “Xudea”
- Georgian: “იეჰუდა”
- Georgian: “იუდეა”
- German: “Iudaea”
- German: “Judäa”
- German: “Judaea”
- Greek: “Ιουδαία”
- Hausa: “Rafin Judah”
- Hebrew: “Yəhûḏāh”
- Hebrew: “ארץ יהודה”
- Hebrew: “הודה”
- Hebrew: “חבל יהודה”
- Hebrew: “יהודה”
- Hungarian: “Júdea”
- Ido: “Judea”
- Indonesian: “Yudea”
- Irish: “Iúdáia”
- Italian: “Giudea”
- Italian: “Iudaea”
- Japanese: “ユダヤ”
- Korean: “유대”
- Korean: “유대아”
- Latin: “Iudaea (regio)”
- Latin: “Iudaea”
- Latin: “Judaea”
- Latin: “Syria Palaestina”
- Latvian: “Jūdeja”
- Lithuanian: “Judėja (regionas)”
- Lithuanian: “Judėja”
- Low German: “Judäa”
- Macedonian: “Јудеја”
- Malagasy: “Jodea”
- Malay: “Yudea”
- Marathi: “जुडिया”
- Marathi: “जुदेआ”
- Marathi: “ज्युदेआ”
- Narom: “Palestène”
- Narom: “Palestinne”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Judea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Judea”
- Norwegian: “Judea”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Judèa”
- Ossetian: “Иудей”
- Ossetian: “Иудея”
- Persian: “یهودیه”
- Polish: “Juda”
- Polish: “Judea”
- Portuguese: “Judæa”
- Portuguese: “Judea”
- Portuguese: “Judeia”
- Romanian: “Iudeea”
- Russian: “Иудея”
- Rusyn: “Юдея”
- Samoan: “Iutaia”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Judea”
- Serbian: “Judeja”
- Serbian: “Јудеја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Judeja”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Judejci”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Judejska pustinja”
- Slovak: “Judea”
- Slovak: “Judsko”
- Slovak: “Júdsko”
- Slovenian: “Judeja”
- South Azerbaijani: “یهودا اؤلکه سی”
- South Azerbaijani: “یهودیه”
- Spanish: “Judea”
- Swedish: “Judeen”
- Swedish: “Judéen”
- Tagalog: “Judea”
- Tamil: “யூதேயா”
- Tosk Albanian: “Judäa”
- Turkish: “Yahudiye”
- Ukrainian: “Іудейське царство”
- Ukrainian: “Іудея”
- Ukrainian: “Юдейське царство”
- Ukrainian: “Юдея”
- Urdu: “یہودیہ”
- Venetian: “Zudea”
- Venetian: “Zudia”
- Vietnamese: “Judea”
- Waray (Philippines): “Judea”
- Welsh: “Jwdea”
- Western Frisian: “Judeä”
- Wu Chinese: “犹地亚”
- Yiddish: “ארץ יהודה”
- Yiddish: “יהודא”
- Yiddish: “יודישער מדבר”
- “Iudea”
- “Judea”
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