jerico — meaning in English

English meaning

• donkey noun A domesticated animal related to the horse, with long ears and a braying call, used for riding and carrying loads.
• Jericho noun An ancient city in the West Bank, one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world, famous from the Biblical story of its walls falling.

Senses

jerico is used for these senses in English:

• Jericho A city in the West Bank, Palestine.
• donkey A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

donkey — full definition

1. noun A domesticated animal related to the horse, with long ears and a braying call, used for riding and carrying loads.
2. noun Informal: a stubborn or foolish person.

Jericho — full definition

1. noun An ancient city in the West Bank, one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements in the world, famous from the Biblical story of its walls falling.
2. noun Figuratively, a hidden or secluded place, from a Biblical reference to someone waiting there out of sight.

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