giudecca

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noun

A Jewish ghetto in an Italian city.

OriginItalian giudecca →
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Meanings

giudecca1

noungiudecca (plural giudeccas or giudecche)

plural giudeccas · plural giudecche

  1. historicalA Jewish ghetto in an Italian city.

    There are not a great many Jews in Sicily, though Syracuse and Trapani have their Giudeccas.

    1907, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Sicily, the New Winter Resort: An Encyclopaedia of Sicily, page 206

Giudecca2

proper noun
  1. A long island in the Venetian Lagoon separated from the main part of the city by a wide canal.

Origin

giudecca · noun

  1. Italiangiudecca
  2. Italiangiudecca
  3. Englishgiudecca

Borrowed from Italian giudecca.

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Giudecca · proper noun

  1. Hebrewיְהוּדָה“Judah”
  2. Latiniūdaica
  3. Medieval Latiniudeca
  4. ItalianGiudecca
  5. EnglishGiudecca

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”). Doublet of Judaica and Judecca. Despite the name, there is no evidence of any ancient Jewish settlements on the island.

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Translations

Arabic جُودِيكَّا
  • جُودِيكَّا (judēkka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
Chinese Mandarin 朱代卡島 /朱代卡岛
  • 朱代卡島 /朱代卡岛 (Zhūdàikǎ dǎo)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
Greek Τζιουντέκα, Τζουντέκα
  • Τζιουντέκα (Tziountéka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
  • Τζουντέκα (Tzountéka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
Hebrew ג׳וּדֶקָה
  • ג׳וּדֶקָה (Judéka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
Italian Giudecca
  • Giudeccalong island in the Venetian Lagoon
Japanese ジュデッカ, ジュデッカ島
  • ジュデッカ (Judekka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
  • ジュデッカ島 (Judekka-shima)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
Korean 주데카
  • 주데카 (Judeka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
Latin Spīna Longa, Iūdaica
  • Spīna Longalong island in the Venetian Lagoon
  • Iūdaicalong island in the Venetian Lagoon
Russian Джуде́кка
  • Джуде́кка (Džudékka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon
Ukrainian Джуде́кка
  • Джуде́кка (Džudékka)long island in the Venetian Lagoon

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with giudecca

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Cite this entry
APA

giudecca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giudecca

MLA

“giudecca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giudecca. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “giudecca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giudecca.

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