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Likud

Likud proper noun: a leading rightist political party in Israel.

Proper noun

Likud or the Likud

  1. A leading rightist political party in Israel.
    • The elections did show the expected quite sharp drop in support for the Likud. But Labour’s campaign to attract former Likud supporters failed.1984 July 29, Conor Cruise O’Brien, “What the Israeli debate is about”, in The Observer, number 10060, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 6
    • “For this reason, I decided to resign from my job as a minister and member of Knesset,” Shalom said. He is a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.2015 December 20, Oren Liebermann, “Silvan Shalom, Israel’s interior minister, quitting amid harassment accusations”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2026

Origin of Likud

Borrowed from Hebrew לִיכּוּד (“Likud”, literally “consolidation”).

Words formed from Likud

Questions about Likud

What does Likud mean?
Likud means a leading rightist political party in Israel.
What part of speech is Likud?
Likud is a proper noun.

Words near Likud in the dictionary

  1. liknoi
  2. liknon
  3. liknons
  4. Likou
  5. likubin
  6. Likud
  7. Likudist
  8. Likudnik
  9. Likudniki
  10. Likudnikim
  11. Likudniks

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