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Palestine

noun

1 Palestine

A former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948.

is an instance of: mandate, mandatory.

domain member region: al-Asifa, al-Fatah, Fatah | Al Nathir | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, DFLP, PDFLP, Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Abu Nidal Organization, ANO, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah-RC, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims | Forces of Umar Al-Mukhtar, Umar al-Mukhtar Forces | Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini, Palestine Islamic Jihad, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ | Palestinian Hizballah | PFLP, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO.

derivation: Palestinian.

Dutch: Palestina

2 Palestine

An ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism.

synonyms: Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land.

is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region.

has as a part: Juda, Judah | Judaea, Judea | Samaria | Philistia | Jordan, Jordan River.

is a part of: Asia.

domain member region: chebab.

derivation: Palestinian.

Dutch: Kanaän
Polish: Palestyna, Gaza

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