קִרְיָה I, a. II) town, settlement, fort. Lam. R. introd. (R. Naḥman) (ref. to Is. XXIX, 1) ק׳ שחנה וכ׳ the town in which David put up his camp; ק׳ דלא חניא וכ׳ the place where &c., v. חַנְיָא. Ib. ק׳ שעשה וכ׳, v. קְסִרְקִיטוֹן; Yalk. Is. 302. Tanḥ. K’dosh. 9 מעשה היה בקִרְיָתֵנוּ it happened in our place; Lev. R. s. 24, beg. בקרתני (corr. acc.; Yalk. Ps. 680 בעירנו).—Pl. קִרְיוֹת. Y. Snh. I, 18ᶜ bot. מעשה … ק׳ וכ׳ it happened with (representatives of) 24 townships belonging to the house of Rabbi, that they were assembled to proclaim an intercalation at Lydda.—[Y. B. Bath. IX, 17ᵃ קריות, read קרנות, v. קָרוֹן.]