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Israelian

Israelian adjective: of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language.

Adjective

Israelian (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language.
  2. (nonstandard, rare) Israeli.

Noun

Israelian (plural Israelians)

  1. (historical, rare) A person from the northern kingdom of ancient Israel.
  2. (nonstandard, rare) An Israeli.

Forms of Israelian

pluralIsraelians

Origin of Israelian

From Israel + -ian, in the historical sense coined by American Jewish theologian Harold Louis Ginsberg in 1982 in contrast to Israelite. Mostly used by non-native speakers of English, instead of the standard word Israeli.

Questions about Israelian

What does Israelian mean?
Israelian means of or pertaining to the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, its people, or their language.
What part of speech is Israelian?
Israelian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Israelian in the dictionary

  1. Israeli Occupation Forces
  2. Israeli salad
  3. Israeli salads
  4. Israeli Sign Language
  5. Israeli Wire
  6. Israelian
  7. Israeliana
  8. Israelians
  9. Israelification
  10. Israelified
  11. Israelifies

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