noun
Origin: ME galilie < ML galilaea < L Galilaea, Galilee: ? because, being at the less sacred western end, it was compared with the scriptural “Galilee of the Gentiles”
Origin: L Galilaea < Gr Galilaia < Heb hagalil < gelil (hagoyim), lit., district (of the Gentiles)
See galilee in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English galile
Origin: , from Old North French galilee
Origin: , from Medieval Latin galilaea
Origin: , from Latin Galilaea, Galilee
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, Sea of or Lake Ti·be·ri·as
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