English Explanatory Dictionary

Judecca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A zone in Dante's Inferno reserved to the traitors to masters and benefactors, named after Judas Iscariot

Word forms

Judecca the Judecca

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Giudecca, from giudecca (“Jewish ghetto”), from Medieval Latin iudeca, from Latin iūdaica, feminine form of iūdaicus (“Judaic, Jewish”), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah, Judas”). Doublet of Judaica and Giudecca.

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