# Samaria

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /səˈmɑːɹi.ə/ · frequency rank #45,069

## Definitions
1. Former name of Sebastia: a city in the West Bank, Palestine; the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Israel.
2. An ancient region of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank.
3. A locality in the Rural City of Benalla, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
From Latin Samaria, from Ancient Greek Σαμάρεια (Samáreia), partial calque of Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (Šōmərôn). Attested in Akkadian as 𒆳𒊓𒈨𒊑𒈾 (Sāmerīna).

## Easily confused with
- **sharia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samaria-vs-sharia)
- **Somalia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samaria-vs-somalia)
- **Samaritan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samaria-vs-samaritan)
- **Samar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samar-vs-samaria)
- **safari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/safari-vs-samaria)
- **Sahara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahara-vs-samaria)
- **samara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samara-vs-samaria)

## Common misspellings (9)
`asmaria`, `saamria`, `samaira`, `samarai`, `samarria`, `sammaria`, `samraia`, `smaaria`, `ssamaria`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/samaria