Ashkelon

English

Alternative forms

• Ashqelon, Ascalon

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæʃkəlɒn/

Proper noun

Ashkelon

1. A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.

Translations

city in Israel

• Arabic: عَسْقَلَان (ʕasqalān)

  Hijazi Arabic: عَسْقَلان f (ʕasgalān)

• Armenian: Ասկալոն (Askalon)
• Coptic: ⲁⲥⲕⲁⲗⲱⲛ (askalōn)
• Egyptian: (jsqꜣrnj)
• French: Ascalon (fr) m
• German: Aschkelon n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἀσκάλων m (Askálōn)

• Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן (he) f (ashkelón)
• Hindi: अस्क़लान m (asqalān)
• Italian: Ascalona f
• Latin: Ascalōn m, Ascalōnia f
• Polish: Aszkelon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ascalon f, Asquelom (chiefly biblical), Ascalão f, Ashkelon f
• Russian: Ашкело́н (ru) (Aškelón)
• Spanish: Ascalón m
• Turkish: Aşkelon (tr)
• Yiddish: אַשקלון n (ashkelon)

Further reading

• Ashkelon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ashkelon f

1. Alternative form of Ascalon