nazareth

1. 1.

   a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary

   Broadertown

   Part ofGalilee

Other forms of nazareth

plural

nazareths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nazareth

What does nazareth mean?

nazareth means "a historic town in northern Israel that is mentioned in the Gospels as the home of Joseph and Mary".

How many syllables are in nazareth?

nazareth has 3 syllables: naz-a-reth. The stress falls on "naz". In IPA it is /ˈnæzəɹɪθ/.

Is nazareth a common word?

nazareth is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.