English Explanatory Dictionary

Hebron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the West Bank, Palestine; holy in both Judaism and Islam.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A former settlement in California.
  4. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
  5. A village and township in McHenry County, Illinois.
  6. A town in Boone Township, Porter County, Indiana; named for a local Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, itself named for the city in Palestine.
  7. An unincorporated community in Grand River Township, Adair County, Iowa; named for the city in Palestine.
  8. A township in Kossuth County, Iowa.
  9. A census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky; named for the city in Palestine.
  10. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  11. A town in Wicomico County, Maryland; named for the city in Palestine.
  12. A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.

Word forms

Hebron

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hebrōn, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew חֶבְרוֹן (Ḥeḇrōn), possibly via Ancient Greek Χεβρών (Khebrṓn).

Translations

Arabic: الْخَلِيل Arabic: حَبْرُون Bengali: আল-খলিল Chinese Mandarin: 希伯崙 /希伯仑 Chinese Mandarin: 希伯倫 /希伯伦 Chinese Mandarin: 哈利勒 French: Hébron German: Hebron Greek: Χεβρώνα Ancient Greek: Χεβρών Hawaiian: Heberona Hebrew: חֶבְרוֹן Hindi: हेब्रोन Irish: Heabrón Italian: Hebron Japanese: ヘブロン Latin: Hebrōn Macedonian: Хе́врон Māori: Heperona Pannonian Rusyn: Геброн Persian: الخلیل Persian: خلیل Persian: حبرون Persian: حبری Portuguese: Hebrom Portuguese: Hebron Portuguese: Hébron Russian: Хевро́н Spanish: Hebrón Ottoman Turkish: حبرون Yiddish: חבֿרון
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