Explore Ashkelon through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ashkelon in a sentence
Ashkelon meaning
A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.
Using Ashkelon
- The main meaning on this page is: A coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast.
- In the example corpus, ashkelon often appears in combinations such as: in ashkelon, of ashkelon, from ashkelon.
Context around Ashkelon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ashkelon
- In this selection, "ashkelon" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, towards, elitzur, asqalan, israel, national and posting stand out and add context to how "ashkelon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ashkelon has received and ashkelon national park. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ashkelon" sits close to words such as aapl, abattoir and adjei, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ashkelon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A rocket flies in the sky, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, today. (12 words)
Earlier in the day she toured the IDF Home Front Command center in Ashkelon, posting a tweet. (17 words)
Even though we were displaced to Gaza as refugees from Ashkelon, it still represents home to me. (17 words)
For example, a number of families who were not evacuated officially but needed to leave danger zones such as Ashkelon and Netivot had American holiday apartments found for them in Jerusalem. (31 words)
Overnight Saturday, Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip continued to fire rockets at Israel’s southern region, with a direct hit reported on Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center. (29 words)
Ashkelon has received $2.8 million to date, with the funds being directed toward safety, evacuation and support, emergency medical assistance, trauma relief, mental health and education. (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ashkelon National Park The ancient site of Ashkelon is now a national park on the city's southern coast.
Ashkelon has received $2.8 million to date, with the funds being directed toward safety, evacuation and support, emergency medical assistance, trauma relief, mental health and education.
Cars are on fire Saturday after they were hit by rockets from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, Israel.
Cars burn after being hit by rockets from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday, October 7, 2023.
Earlier in the day she toured the IDF Home Front Command center in Ashkelon, posting a tweet.
Even though we were displaced to Gaza as refugees from Ashkelon, it still represents home to me.
From Ashkelon, the oil was shipped off to buyers in Europe and across the world, generating profits for both Israel and Iran.
Hospitals in the southern city of Ashkelon and the central city of Beer Sheva are treating casualties.
Israeli rescue teams tending to a man in a building that received a direct hit in Ashkelon.
Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system fires interceptors at rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel on Thursday.
Overnight Saturday, Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip continued to fire rockets at Israel’s southern region, with a direct hit reported on Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center.
Police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, October 7, 2023.
Rocket impacts left cars burning beneath residential buildings in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, north of Gaza.
Rocket sirens sound in a number of communities close to the Gaza border, as well as in the southern part of the coastal city of Ashkelon.
The invading Egyptian army had seized a narrow coastal strip 25 miles (40 km) long, which ran from the Sinai to just south of Ashkelon.
The Israeli Defence Forces have announced hitting Hamas targets near the coast of the Gaza Strip following rocket launches towards Ashkelon.
Armstrong, 27, is a point guard for Elitzur Ashkelon, a team in Liga Leumit, or National League, Israeli basketball’s second tier.
A rocket flies in the sky, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, today.
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The southern Israeli city of Asqalan (Ashkelon) is under a massive attack by the Palestinian Resistance.
For example, a number of families who were not evacuated officially but needed to leave danger zones such as Ashkelon and Netivot had American holiday apartments found for them in Jerusalem.
Common combinations with ashkelon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in ashkelon 13×
- of ashkelon 12×
- from ashkelon 5×
- ashkelon and 5×
- ashkelon israel 3×
- ashkelon is 2×
- ashkelon southern 2×
- on ashkelon 2×
- ashkelon barzilai 2×
- to ashkelon 2×