Palestine
/ˈpæləˌstaɪn/
Palestine proper noun: a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
Proper noun
Palestine
- A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
- Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.2019 July 17, Talia Levin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ
- The West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
- Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend...2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019
- A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1.
- The British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan).
- Any of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.
- Synonyms:
- Palaestina
- The Biblical Land of Israel, roughly corresponding to the northern part of modern-day Israel proper, the West Bank, and northwest Jordan.
- Gad, in ancient geography, a district of Transjordan Palestine, situated between Gilead and the kingdom of Bashan on the north, and that of the Amorites to the south, having the Jordan to the west, and bounded by various nations on the east, so called from the tribe of that name.1829, A London Encyclopaedia […], volume IX, London: Thomas Tegg, page 709, column 1
- Philistia, a region in the Levant inhabited by the ancient Philistines.
- In the west, moreover, as we have seen, he crushed Damascus, and forced Phenicia, Edom, the kingdom of Israel, and "Palestine" or Philistia, to continue the tribute they had agreed to pay Shalmaneser II.1882, [John] Cunningham Geikie, Hours With the Bible, or, The Scriptures in the Light of Modern Discovery and Knowledge, third edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 184
- A town in St. Francis County, Arkansas.
- A community in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A village in Crawford County, Illinois.
- A township in Woodford County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
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- An unincorporated community in Harrison Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana.
- An extinct town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.
- A township in Story County, Iowa.
- A township in Cooper County, Missouri.
- A village in Darke County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Anderson County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia.
- A community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
- A village in Over Wallop parish, Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2640).
Noun
Palestine (plural Palestines)
- A Philistine.
- The Paleſtines aſſailing the Hebrewes, are overcome by them in battell.1602, The Famous and Memorable Workes of Ioſephus, page 127
- […] Iſaac went to Abimelech king of the Paleſtines to Gerara.1791, The Holy Bible, page 24
Palestine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Palestine in Hindi
- geographic region
- फ़िलिस्तीन filistīn, फ़िलस्तीन filastīn, फ़लस्तीन falastīn, फ़िलीस्तीन filīstīn
- West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively
- फ़िलस्तीन filastīn, पेलेस्टाइन pelesṭāin, फ़िलिस्तीन filistīn, फ़लस्तीन falastīn, फ़िलीस्तीन filīstīn
- historical: Roman province
- फ़िलिस्तीन filistīn, फ़िलस्तीन filastīn, फ़लस्तीन falastīn, फ़िलीस्तीन filīstīn
Palestine in Tamil
- West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively
- பாலஸ்தீனம் pālastīṉam
Palestine in Urdu
- geographic region
- فِلِسْطِین filistīn
- West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively
- فِلِسْطِین filistīn, پَلَسْطِین palastīn
Palestine in Bengali
- geographic region
- ফিলিস্তিন philistin, প্যালেস্টাইন pêlesṭain
- historical: former British entity
- ফিলিস্তিন philistin, প্যালেস্টাইন pêlesṭain
- West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively
- ফিলিস্তিন philistin, প্যালেস্টাইন pêlesṭain
- historical: former British Mandate
- ফিলিস্তিন philistin, প্যালেস্টাইন pêlesṭain
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- Palestine in Telugu
- పాలస్తీనా pālastīnā
- Palestine in Malayalam
- പലസ്തീന് palastīnŭ, പലസ്തീൻ palastīṉ
- Palestine in Kannada
- ಪ್ಯಾಲೆಸ್ಟೈನ್ pyālesṭain
- Palestine in Punjabi
- ਫਿਲੀਸਤੀਨ philīstīn, ਫ਼ਲਸਤੀਨ falsatīn
- Palestine in Sinhala
- පලස්තීනය palastīnaya
- Palestine in Pashto
- فلسطين falastin
- Palestine in Tagalog
- Palestina
- Palestine in Arabic
- فِلَسْطِين filasṭīn
- Palestine in Malay
- Palestin
- Palestine in Indonesian
- Palestina
- Palestine in Thai
- ปาเลสไตน์ bpaa-lées-dtaai
- Palestine in Vietnamese
- Pa-lét-xtin, Pa-le-xtin
- Palestine in Myanmar
- ပါလက်စတိုင်း palakca.tuing:
- Dzongkha
- པེ་ལིསི་ཊི་ན། pe lisi ṭi na
Synonyms of Palestine
- State of Palestine
- Canaan
- the Holy Land
- Israel
- the Land of Israel
- Palaestina
- Falasteen
Forms of Palestine
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | Palæstine |
| Noun | |
| plural | Palestines |
Origin of Palestine
From Middle English Palestyne, from Old English Palestina, from Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē, “Philistia and the surrounding region”), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”). The term P-l-s-t or P-r-s-t, found in five Ancient Egyptian inscriptions (beginning with one at Medinet Habu from circa 1170 BCE and ending with Padiiset's Statue inscription from circa 900-850 BCE) as the name of a people near Egypt, is traditionally taken to be cognate. Seven Assyrian inscriptions contain the word "Palas(h)tu" or "Pilistu", which is usually also taken to be cognate.
From Latin Palaestinus, from Ancient Greek Παλαιστινὸς (Palaistinòs). Cognate with Middle French palestin, Palestin.
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Questions about Palestine
- What does Palestine mean?
- Palestine means a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people.
- What is Palestine in Hindi?
- Palestine in Hindi is फ़िलिस्तीन (filistīn), फ़िलस्तीन (filastīn), फ़लस्तीन (falastīn). See Palestine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Palestine?
- Palestine can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Palestine?
- Palestine is pronounced /ˈpæləˌstaɪn/.
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