Gaza (disambiguation)
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Gaza
is the largest city in the Gaza Strip
. Gaza also may refer to:
Gaza
Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...
is the largest city in the Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip
thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
. Gaza also may refer to:
Places
- GazaGazaGaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...
City - District of GazaDistrict of GazaThe District of Gaza was an administrative district, situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern...
, administrative district in the British Mandate of Palestine until 1948. - Gaza StripGaza Stripthumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of...
- Sanjak of Gaza
- Gaza GovernorateGaza GovernorateThe Gaza Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority located in the north central Gaza Strip which is administered by the Palestinian National Authority aside from its border with Israel, airspace and maritime territory. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau...
, subdivision of the Palestinian National Authority located in north central Gaza Strip - Yasser Arafat International AirportYasser Arafat International AirportYasser Arafat International Airport , formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, in Rafah close to the Egyptian border....
, known as the Gaza Airport
Events
- Battle of Gaza (disambiguation)
- Gaza beach explosion (2006)
- Gaza flotilla raidGaza flotilla raidThe Gaza flotilla raid was a military operation by Israel against six ships of the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla" on 31 May 2010 in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea...
(2010)
Politics
- Gaza DivisionGaza DivisionThe Israel Defense Forces Gaza Division , is subordinate to the Southern Regional Command. Its area of operation is the Gaza Strip and the area surrounding it...
, Israeli military command - Israel's unilateral disengagement planIsrael's unilateral disengagement planIsrael's unilateral disengagement plan , also known as the "Disengagement plan", "Gaza expulsion plan", and "Hitnatkut", was a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, adopted by the government on June 6, 2004 and enacted in August 2005, to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from...
, also known as the Gaza pull-out plan - Free Gaza MovementFree Gaza MovementThe Free Gaza Movement is a coalition of human rights activists and pro-Palestinian groups formed to challenge the Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip by sailing humanitarian aid ships to Gaza...
, political coalition, (2008) - Israel–Gaza Strip barrier, physical barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip, (1994- )
- Gaza ghettoGaza ghettoGaza Ghetto: Portrait of a Family, 1948 - 1984 is a documentary film about the life of a Palestinian family living in the Jabalia refugee camp....
a film about Palestinian refugee life
Africa
- Gaza (chief), 18th Century chief of the Nguni peopleNguni people-History:The ancient history of the Nguni people is wrapped up in their oral history. According to legend they were a people who migrated from Egypt to the Great Lakes region of sub-equatorial Central/East Africa...
in southern Africa - Gaza EmpireGaza EmpireThe Gaza empire was an African empire established by the powerful general, Soshangane, and was located in southeastern Africa in the area of southern Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe...
, Nguni kingdom in southern Africa, (1819-1895) - Gaza peopleGaza peopleThe Gaza were Nguni people who left what is now South Africa in the early 19th century and settled in Gazaland in what is now Southern Mozambique. An early leader was Soshangane , under whom they migrated somewhat further North to the Save River area....
, a Nguni people in southern Africa - GazalandGazalandGazaland is the historical name for the region in southeast Newcastle, in modern day Mozambique and Zimbabwe, which extends northward from the Komati River at Delagoa Bay in Mozambique's Maputo Province to the Pungwe River in central Mozambique. It was a district of the former Portuguese East...
, region in southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe - Gaza ProvinceGaza ProvinceGaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km² and a population of 1,333,106 .Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is to the east, Manica Province to the north, Maputo Province to the south, South Africa to the west, and Zimbabwe to the...
, province of Mozambique
North America
- Gaza, New Hampshire, village in the town of Sanbornton, New HampshireSanbornton, New HampshireSanbornton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,966 at the 2010 census. It includes the villages of North Sanbornton and Gaza.-History:...
- Gaza Strip, colloquial name for Anaheim Island, CaliforniaAnaheim Island, CaliforniaAnaheim Island consists of several unincorporated neighborhoods located in the northwestern part of Orange County, California, United States...
, unincorporated area in Orange County, CaliforniaOrange County, CaliforniaOrange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County... - Little GazaLittle GazaLittle Arabia is an ethnic enclave in Orange County, California, United States, the center for Orange County's Arab-Americans, who number more than 24,000...
, middle-eastern community (ethnic enclave) in Anaheim, CaliforniaAnaheim, CaliforniaAnaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
People
(chronological by earliest date)- Porphyry of GazaPorphyry of GazaSaint Porphyry , Bishop of Gaza 395–420, known from the account in his Life for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples.Porphyry of Gaza is known to us only from the vivid biography by Mark the Deacon...
(347–420), Bishop of Gaza 395 - 420 - Choricius of GazaChoricius of GazaChoricius, of Gaza , Greek sophist and rhetorician, flourished in the time of Anastasius I .He was the pupil of Procopius of Gaza, who must be distinguished from Procopius of Caesarea, the historian. A number of his declamations and descriptive treatises have been preserved...
(c.500), Greek sophist and rhetorician - Zosimus of Gaza (c.500), Greek sophist and grammarian
- Gaza TriadGaza TriadThe Gaza Triad refers collectively to Aeneas of Gaza, Procopius of Gaza and Zacharias Scholasticus. The three were sixth century Christian theologians from Gaza. Aeneas was a Christian neo-platonist who defended the Christian doctrine of the resurrection against pagan attacks. Procopius wrote...
, three 6th Century Christian theologians from Gaza city- Aeneas of GazaAeneas of GazaAeneas of Gaza was a Neo-Platonic philosopher, a convert to Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. In a dialogue entitled Theophrastus he alludes to Hierocles of Alexandria as his teacher, and in some of his letters mentions as his contemporaries writers whom we know to...
(d.518), Neo-Platonic philosopher - Procopius of GazaProcopius of GazaProcopius of Gaza was a Christian sophist and rhetorician, one of the most important representatives of the famous school of his native place...
(c.465-528), Christian sophist and rhetorician - Zacharias Scholasticus (Zachariah Rhetor) (d. before 553)
- Aeneas of Gaza
- Dorotheus of GazaDorotheus of GazaDorotheus of Gaza or Abba Dorotheus was a Christian monk and abbot. He joined the monastery Abba Serid near Gaza through the influence of elders Barsanuphius and John. Around 540 he founded his own monastery nearby and became abbot there...
(505-565), Christian abbot - Theodorus GazaTheodorus GazaTheodorus Gaza or Theodore Gazis also called by the epithet Thessalonicensis and Thessalonikeus was a Greek humanist and translator of Aristotle, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the...
(c.1400–1475), Greek humanist - Nathan of GazaNathan of GazaNathan Benjamin ben Elisha ha-Levi Ghazzati or Nathan of Gaza was a theologian and author of Hemdat Yamim, born in Jerusalem, then in the Ottoman Empire, who became famous as a prophet for the alleged messiah, Sabbatai Zevi.-Biography:...
(1643–1680), Jewish theologian
Music
- Gaza (band), a mathcoreMathcoreMathcore is a rhythmically complex and dissonant fusion style of hardcore punk and Metal. It has its roots in bands such as Converge, Botch, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. The term mathcore is suggested by analogy with math rock. Both math rock and mathcore make use of unusual time signatures...
band from Salt Lake City, Utah - Portmore Gaza, a music group in Kingston Jamaica developed by dancehall artiste Adijahim "Vybz kartel" Palmer.
Fictional
- Gaza (comics)Gaza (comics)Gaza is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:Gaza first appeared in Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #62-63 , and was created by Roy Thomas and Neal Adams....
, Marvel Comics character - Gaza, warrior from Sol in the Sony Playstation game, Legend of LegaiaLegend of Legaiais a 1998 Sony PlayStation role-playing video game created by Contrail. The game was followed by a 2001 video game called Legaia 2: Duel Saga on the PlayStation 2...