Golgotha

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Golgotha \Gol"go*tha\, n.
     Calvary. See the Note under {Calvary}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Golgotha
       n : a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified [syn: {Calvary}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Golgotha
     the common name of the spot where Jesus was crucified. It is
     interpreted by the evangelists as meaning "the place of a skull"
     (Matt. 27:33; Mark 15:22; John 19:17). This name represents in
     Greek letters the Aramaic word Gulgaltha, which is the Hebrew
     Gulgoleth (Num. 1:2; 1 Chr. 23:3, 24; 2 Kings 9:35), meaning "a
     skull." It is identical with the word Calvary (q.v.). It was a
     little knoll rounded like a bare skull. It is obvious from the
     evangelists that it was some well-known spot outside the gate
     (comp. Heb. 13:12), and near the city (Luke 23:26), containing a
     "garden" (John 19:41), and on a thoroughfare leading into the
     country. Hence it is an untenable idea that it is embraced
     within the present "Church of the Holy Sepulchre." The hillock
     above Jeremiah's Grotto, to the north of the city, is in all
     probability the true site of Calvary. The skull-like appearance
     of the rock in the southern precipice of the hillock is very
     remarkable.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Golgotha, a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped