Giudecca

See also: giudecca

English

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”). Doublet of Judaica.

Despite the name, there is no evidence of any ancient Jewish settlements on the island.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛkə

Proper noun

Giudecca

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

Translations

long island in the Venetian Lagoon

• Arabic: جُودِيكَّا f (judēkka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 朱代卡島／朱代卡岛 (Zhūdàikǎ dǎo)

• Greek: Τζιουντέκα f (Tziountéka), Τζουντέκα f (Tzountéka)
• Hebrew: ג׳וּדֶקָה f (Judéka)
• Italian: Giudecca f
• Japanese: ジュデッカ (Judekka), ジュデッカ島 (ジュデッカしま, Judekka-shima)
• Korean: 주데카 (Judeka)
• Latin: Spīna Longa f, Iūdaica f
• Russian: Джуде́кка f (Džudékka)
• Ukrainian: Джуде́кка f (Džudékka)
• Venetian: Zueca f, Zudeca f

Italian

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuˈdɛk.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛkka
• Hyphenation: Giu‧dèc‧ca

Proper noun

la Giudecca f

1. Giudecca (long island in the Venetian Lagoon)

   Hypernyms: isola, Dorsoduro

2. (literature) Judecca, a zone in Dante's Inferno reserved to the traitors to masters and benefactors, named after Judas Iscariot

   Hypernyms: Cocito, inferno