Gaza may refer to:

Places

Palestine

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...

, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea **

Gaza City Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, i ...

, a city in the Gaza Strip **

Gaza Governorate The Gaza Governorate ( ar, محافظة غزة '), also alternatively known as Gaza City Governorate, is one of the 16 Governorates of Palestine, located in the north central Gaza Strip. Gaza is claimed by the State of Palestine, but the land is ...

, a governorate in the Gaza Strip

Lebanon

Ghazzeh Ghazzeh ( ar, غزة), is a village located in the Western Beqaa District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon. History In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Azzeh''; a village on the West side of the Beqaa Valley, listed before Bab Mareaa.Robinson an ...

, a village in the Western Beqaa District

United States

Gaza, Iowa Gaza is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States. Gaza is located at . History Gaza got its start in the year 1888, following construction of the Illinois Central Railroad through that territory. It was named after Gaz ...

, an unincorporated community * Gaza, a village in the town of

Sanbornton, New Hampshire Sanbornton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,026 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of North Sanbornton and Gaza. History Located in the fork of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers, ...

Little Gaza Little Arabia is an ethnic enclave in western Anaheim, California, the center for Orange County's Arab Americans, who number more than 24,000 (). It has been referred to as "Little Gaza" which was a riff on the nearby Garza Island neighborhoods. ...

, an Arab-American ethnic enclave in Anaheim, California * Gaza Strip, colloquial name for Anaheim Island, California, unincorporated area in Orange County, California

Australia

Klemzig, South Australia Klemzig is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It was the first settlement of German immigrants in Australia and was named after the village of Klemzig in what was then German Prussia and is now Klępsk in western Poland ...

, renamed ''Gaza'' from 1917 to 1935

Africa

Gaza Empire The Gaza Empire (1824–1895) was an African empire established by general Soshangane and was located in southeastern Africa in the area of southern Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe. The Gaza Empire, at its height in the 1860s, covered a ...

, a former Nguni kingdom in southern Africa *

Gaza Province Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km2 and a population of 1,422,460 (2017 census), which is the least populous of all the provinces of Mozambique. Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is to t ...

, a province of Mozambique *

Gazaland Gazaland is the historical name for the region in southeast Africa, in modern-day Mozambique and Zimbabwe, which extends northward from the Komati River at Delagoa Bay in Mozambique's Maputo Province to the Pungwe River in central Mozambique. Hi ...

, a region in southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe

History and society

Gaza people The Gaza were Nguni people who left what is now South Africa in the early 19th century and settled in Gazaland in what is now Southern Mozambique. An early leader was Soshangane Soshangana KaZikode (), born Soshangana Nxumalo, was the Founder ...

, a Nguni people in southern Africa *

Gaza (Battle honour) Gaza was a battle honour awarded to units of the British and Imperial Armies that took part in one or more of the following engagements in the Great War:T.F. MillPalestine 1917-1918(archive of Regiments.org page) *First Battle of Gaza, 26 Mar 1917 * ...

, a British World War I award *

Gaza Thesis The Ghaza or Ghazi thesis (from ota, غزا, ''ġazā'', "holy war," or simply "raid") is a historical paradigm first formulated by Paul Wittek which has been used to interpret the nature of the Ottoman Empire during the earliest period of it ...

, a thesis used to explain the rise of the Ottoman Empire

Popular culture

Gaza (band) Gaza was an American metalcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2004, they were signed to Black Market Activities and released one extended play and three full-length albums. They are known for their complex and heavy sound, as well a ...

, a mathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah * ''Gaza'' (film), a 2019 Irish documentary film about the Gaza strip in Palestine *

Sektor Gaza ''Sektor Gaza'' (russian: link=no, italic=yes, Сектор Газа, translated as ''Gas Sector'') was a Soviet and Russian punk rock band from Voronezh, founded in 1987 by Yuri Klinskikh. History Sektor Gaza was founded in Voronezh by Yu ...

, Russian punk rock band from Voronezh (1987–2000) * "Gaza", a 2012 song by progressive rock band

Marillion Marillion are a British rock music, rock band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979. They emerged from the post-punk music scene in Britain and existed as a bridge between the styles of punk rock and classic progressive rock, becomin ...

* Gaza, warrior from Sol in the Sony PlayStation game, ''

Legend of Legaia is a turn-based role-playing video game. It is followed by ''Legaia 2: Duel Saga''. Gameplay The player selects a target during battle. Each character performs on the phase based on status. The player sees corresponding vertical strikes. Each di ...

'' * "Gaza", an episode of the television program ''The West Wing'' (season 5)

Science

* ''Gaza'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails

People

Porphyry of Gaza Saint Porphyrius ( la, Porphyrius; grc-gre, Πορφύριος, ''Porphyrios''; Slavonic: Порфирий, ''Porfiriy''; –420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his ''Life'', for Christianizing the recalcitrant p ...

(347–420), Bishop of Gaza 395–420 *

Choricius of Gaza Choricius of Gaza ( el, Χορίκιος) was a Gaza-based Greek sophist and rhetorician of Late Antiquity. With writings dating to the early sixth century, he flourished in the time of Anastasius I (AD 491–518) as a scholar and public orator. H ...

(c. 500), Greek sophist and rhetorician *

Gaza Triad The Gaza Triad refers collectively to Aeneas of Gaza, Procopius of Gaza and Zacharias Scholasticus. The three were sixth century Christian theologians from Gaza. Aeneas (died c. 518) was a Christian neo-platonist who defended the Christian doctrine ...

, three 6th Century Christian theologians from Gaza city **

Aeneas of Gaza Aeneas of Gaza (d. ''c.'' 518) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher and a convert to Christianity who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. In a dialogue entitled ''Theophrastus,'' he alludes to Hierocles of Alexandria as his teacher, and in ...

(d. 518), Neo-Platonic philosopher **

Procopius of Gaza Procopius of Gaza ( 465–528 AD) was a Christians, Christian sophist and rhetorician, one of the most important representatives of the famous Rhetorical School of Gaza, school of his native place.Vikan, Gary, Alexander Kazhdan, and Zvi 'Uri Ma� ...

(465–528), Christian sophist and rhetorician **

Zacharias Rhetor Zacharias of Mytilene (c. 465, Gaza – after 536), also known as Zacharias Scholasticus or Zacharias Rhetor, was a bishop and ecclesiastical historian. Life The life of Zacharias of Mytilene can be reconstructed only from a few scattered repo ...

(d. before 553) *

Dorotheus of Gaza Dorotheus of Gaza ( grc-gre, Δωρόθεος τῆς Γάζης ''Dorotheos tes Gazes''; 505 – 565 or 620,) or Abba Dorotheus, was a Christianity, Christian monk and abbot. Life He joined the monastery Abba Serid (or Abba Sveridus) near Gaza C ...

(505–565), Christian abbot *

Theodorus Gaza Theodorus Gaza ( el, Θεόδωρος Γαζῆς, ''Theodoros Gazis''; it, Teodoro Gaza; la, Theodorus Gazes), also called Theodore Gazis or by the epithet Thessalonicensis (in Latin) and Thessalonikeus (in Greek) (c. 1398 – c. 1475), wa ...

(1400–1475), Greek humanist *

Nathan of Gaza Nathan of Gaza ( he, נתן העזתי; 1643–1680) or Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Hayyim haLevi Ashkenazi or Ghazzati) was a theologian and author born in Jerusalem. After his marriage in 1663 he moved to Gaza, where he became famous as a prophe ...

(1643–1680), Jewish theologian