Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- An ancient city of Palestine near the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. A stronghold commanding the valley of the lower Jordan River, it was, according to the Bible, captured and destroyed by Joshua.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A place of tarrying—that is, a prison.
- n. A place very distant; a remote place: as, to wish one in Jericho.
- n. His kick was tremendous, and when he had his boots on would—to use an expression of his own, which he had picked up in the holy wars—would send a man from Jericho to June. Barham, Ingoldsby Legends (Grey Dolphin).
Wiktionary
- n. informal A place of retirement or concealment (see 2 Sam. 10:5).
- n. An ancient town in the West Bank.
- n. A surname
WordNet 3.0
- n. a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land
Etymologies
- From Hebrew יריחו (Yerikhó). (Wiktionary)
Examples
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“JERICHO/RAMALLAH - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad holds news conference in Jericho on Palestinian prisoners.”
“I hear "Jericho" is an excellent show and am glad fans got it back on TV, but I just can't bring myself to watch people struggling with the possible end of the world.”
“The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported that female detainee Mariam Tarabeen, a [female detainee] from Jericho, is still in solitary confinement in an Israeli detention facility for more than four years without any justification.”
“In FlashForward, Jericho is a military contractor that provides private armies to the highest bidder.”
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“The tree is located in Jericho, the first city conquered by Joshua when the Israelites crossed into Canaan.”
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“It was sometimes called Jericho "the perfumed" because of its great gardens of roses, and its balsam plantations from which they made perfumes that were sold in all the East.”
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