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Golgotha

/ˈɡɒlɡəθə/ · name

Meaning

  1. A hat.
  2. A charnel house.
  3. The rooms of the heads of the colleges.
  4. The hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.

Etymology / origin

* From the Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from the Aramaic גּוּלְגּוּלְתָּא (gulgultā). * (rooms of the heads of the colleges; a hat): Punning on "the place of the skulls/heads".

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