קריה

• (excessive spellings): קיריה, קירייה, קרייה

Common Semitic root:

• Phoenician: Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) (קַרְתּ);[1]
• Ugaritic: Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎊𐎚 (qryt, “city”) (קרית), Ugaritic קרת (“citadel”);[2]
• Aramaic: Aramaic קַרְתָּא (“city”), Aramaic קִרְיַא (“city”);[3]
• Arabic: Arabic قرية (/⁠קַרְיָה⁠/, “village, city, town”);[4]
• Arabic (Galilea): Arabic قرية (/⁠קַּרַוִי, אִבֶּן-קַּריֶה⁠/, “village”);[5]
• Moabite: Moabite 𐤒𐤓 (qr /⁠קר⁠/, “city”);[6]
• Ancient Egyptian: Egyptian (/⁠qartå⁠/, “city”),[7] Egyptian (/⁠qathre-t⁠/, “small town”);[8] Egyptian (/⁠keri-t⁠/, “abode, habitation”);[9]
• Akkadian: Akkadian 𒋼𒀀 (kārum, “port, haven, harbour”);[10][11][12]
• Sumerian: Sumerian 𒋼𒀀 (kar, “port, haven, harbour”);[13][14][15]
• Hittite: Hittite gurta (/⁠gurta⁠/, “town, citadel, acropolis, fortress”);[16][17]

קִרְיָה • (kiryá) f (plural indefinite קְרָיוֹת, singular construct קִרְיַת־, plural construct קִרְיוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. complex (collection of buildings)
2. (literary) city, town

• (places): הקריה
• (cities): קִרְיַת אוֹנוֹ (“Kiryat Ono”), קִרְיַת אָתָא (“Kiryat Ata”), קִרְייַת בְּיַאלִיק (“Kiryat Bialik”), קִרְיַת גַּת (“Kiryat Gat”), קִרְיַת יָם (“Kiryat Yam”), קִרְיַת מוֹצְקִין (“Kiryat Motzkin”), קִרְיַת שְׁמוֹנָה (“Kiryat Shmona”), (historical) קרית ספר (“Kiryat Sefer”), קרית יויעל (“Kiryas Joel”) (following Ashkenazic pronunciation)