Meaning Of The Word Jericho

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Jericho in American English
city in the West Bank, just north of the Dead Sea: pop. c. 5,000: site of an ancient Canaanite city whose walls, according to the Bible, were miraculously destroyed when trumpets were sounded: Josh. 6

Jericho in British English
noun: a town in the West Bank near the N end of the Dead Sea, 251 m (825 ft) below sea level: on the site of an ancient city, the first place to be taken by the Israelites under Joshua after entering the Promised Land in the 14th century bc (Joshua 6)

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