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 is derived from the Hebrew name Yehudah, and was used during the Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods.
Photo: Jewbask, Public domain.- Type: Region
- Description: region of ancient Israel
- Also known as: “Iudea”, “Juda”, “Judah”, “Judajo”, “Judea”, “Judee”, “Judéen”, “Judéens”, “Judejci”, “Judejska pustinja”, “Júdsko”, “Judstvo”, “Juuda”, “Palaestina”, “Palestinne”, “Regno de Judujo”, “Yahūdhā”, “Yehud”, “Yehuda”, “Иудея патшалығы”, “Іудейське царство”, “Іудея”, “Юдейське царство”, “იეჰუდა”, “Հրեաստան”, “חבל יהודה”, “יהודא”, “יודישער מדבר”, “جوديا”, “ज्युदेआ”, and “유대아”
Photo: Plegadis, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarqumiyah and Beit Ula.
Beit Ula
Town
Beit Ula, Beit Aula, is a Palestinian town in the… Beit Ula is situated 3 km northeast of Judaea.
Idna
Town
Judaea
- Categories: historical country and administrative territorial entity
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.58333° or 31° 35′ north
Longitude
35° east
Elevation
436 metres (1,430 feet)
Open location code
8G3QH2M2+82
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Judaea” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Judea”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰουδαία”
- Arabic: “يهودا”
- Arabic: “يهودية”
- Armenian: “Հուդեա”
- Asturian: “Xudea”
- Azerbaijani: “İudeya”
- Basque: “Judea”
- Belarusian: “Іўдзея”
- Belarusian: “Юдэя”
- Bengali: “যিহূদিয়া”
- Bislama: “Judia”
- Bosnian: “Judeja”
- Bulgarian: “Юдея”
- Catalan: “Judea”
- Central Kurdish: “جودیا”
- Chinese: “犹地亚”
- Chinese: “犹大山地”
- Chinese: “猶大山地”
- Chuvash: “Иудея”
- Croatian: “Judeja”
- Czech: “Judsko”
- Danish: “Judæa”
- Dutch: “Judea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يهودا”
- Esperanto: “Judeo”
- Esperanto: “Judio”
- Esperanto: “Judujo”
- Faroese: “Judea”
- Finnish: “Juudea”
- French: “Judée”
- Galician: “Xudea”
- Georgian: “იუდეა”
- German: “Judäa”
- Greek: “Ιουδαία”
- Hausa: “Rafin Judah”
- Hebrew: “Yəhûḏāh”
- Hebrew: “הודה”
- Hebrew: “יהודה”
- Hindi: “जुडिया”
- Hindi: “यहूदिया”
- Hungarian: “Júdea”
- Ido: “Judea”
- Indonesian: “Yudea”
- Irish: “Iúdáia”
- Italian: “Giudea”
- Japanese: “ユダヤ”
- Jèrriais: “Palestène”
- Kazakh: “Иудея”
- Korean: “유대”
- 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: “जुदेआ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Judea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Judea”
- Norwegian: “Judea”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Judèa”
- Ossetian: “Иудей”
- Persian: “یهودیه”
- Polish: “Judea”
- Portuguese: “Judeia”
- Romanian: “Iudeea”
- Russian: “Иудея”
- Rusyn: “Юдея”
- Samoan: “Iutaia”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Judea”
- Serbian: “Judeja”
- Serbian: “Јудеја”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Judeja”
- Slovak: “Judsko”
- Slovenian: “Judeja”
- South Azerbaijani: “یهودا اؤلکه سی”
- South Azerbaijani: “یهودیه”
- Spanish: “Judea”
- Swedish: “Judeen”
- Swiss German: “Judäa”
- Tagalog: “Judea”
- Tamil: “யூதேயா”
- Turkish: “Yahudiye”
- 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”
- “Judea”
- “Judeja”
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