Jericho

See also: Jéricho and Jerichó

English

Jericho

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰεριχώ (Ierikhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ‎ (yərīḥō). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.

Proper noun

Jericho

An ancient city in the West Bank.
A surname.
A male given name.

Derived terms

Jerichoan, Jerichoite
rose of Jericho

Translations

city

Afrikaans: Jericho
Albanian: Jeriko
Amharic: ኢያሪኮ (ʾiyariko)
Arabic: أَرِيحَا‎‎ f (ʾarīḥā)
Aragonese: Chericó
Aramaic: ܐܝܪܝܚܘ‎‎
Armenian: Երիքով (Erikʿov)
Basque: Jeriko
Belarusian: Іерыхон (Ijeryxón)
Breton: Jeriko
Bulgarian: Йерихон (Jerihon)
Catalan: Jericó
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傑里科 (zh), 杰里科 (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)
Greek: Ιεριχώ f (Ierichó)
Ancient: Ἰεριχώ f (Ierikhṓ)
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
Latvian: Jērika f, Jerihona f
Lithuanian: Jèrichas m, Jerichonas m
Macedonian: Ерихон (Erihon)
Malay: Jericho
Maore Comorian: Yeriko
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
Slovene: Jeriho
Spanish: Jericó m
Swedish: Jeriko
Tamil: எரிக்கோ (erikkō)
Turkish: Eriha
Ukrainian: Єрихон (Jeryxon)
Vietnamese: Jericho
Welsh: Jericho
Yiddish: יריחו‎‎ (yerikhe)

Noun

Jericho (plural Jerichos)

(informal) A place of retirement or concealment.

Czech

Proper noun

Jericho n

Jericho (an ancient city in the West Bank)

Derived terms

jerišský

Further reading

Jericho in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
Jericho in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

German

Proper noun

Jericho n

Jericho (city in the West Bank)

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