Palaestīna — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Palestine name The State of Palestine, a country in the Middle East comprising the West Bank and Gaza Strip, home to the Palestinian people.
Senses
Palaestīna is used for these senses in English:
- Palestine (historical, technical, rare) 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).
Palestine — full definition
- name The State of Palestine, a country in the Middle East comprising the West Bank and Gaza Strip, home to the Palestinian people.
- name The wider historical and geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
- noun A member of the ancient Philistine people, in older or literary usage.