Samaria
geographical name
Sa·mar·ia sə-ˈmer-ē-ə 
1
district of ancient Palestine west of the Jordan River between Galilee and Judaea
2
city, capital of the district of Samaria and capital of the Northern Kingdom (Israel)
Note: Samaria was rebuilt by Herod the Great and renamed Se*bas*te \\ sə-ˈbas-tē 
\\ . Its site is in the West Bank at the modern village of Sebastīyah.
see also samaritan sense 1