a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
"he is a Palestinian from Gaza"
Ellipsis of Gaza City; A Palestinian city on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
"Travelers often stop in Gaza to visit its historic old quarter and bustling marketplaces along the coast."
The word "gaza" comes from Latin and Ancient Greek, which borrowed it from Biblical Hebrew to name the ancient city. While the original Hebrew pronunciation featured a guttural sound similar to modern Arabic ghayn, this shifted over time as the term traveled through European languages into English.