Palestine

English

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Alternative forms

• Palæstine (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Palaestīna (“Roman province of Palestine”), from Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistinē), from Hebrew פלשת (pelesheth, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”); revived as a political territorial name in 1920 for the British Mandate.

Pronunciation

• (US) SAMPA: /p{lIstaIn/

Proper noun

Palestine

1. The West Bank and Gaza Strip, taken collectively; that is, the parts occupied by Israel and those under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority.
2. (geography) The region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
3. (historical) The Roman province Palestina.
4. (historical, technical) A British colonial entity administering approximately the lands of modern State of Israel plus the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the lands administered by this entity.
5. (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).

Usage notes

• (region): The use of the name Palestine to refer to the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea is sometimes seen as politically or emotionally charged; indeed, this is true of all terms for this region.

Synonyms

• (the region): Canaan, the Holy Land, Israel, the Land of Israel

Derived terms

• Palestinian

Translations

West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively

Abkhaz: Палестина (ab) (Palestina) Afrikaans: Palestina (af) Albanian: Palestina (sq) Amharic: ፓለስታይን (am) (palästayn), ፍልስጥኤም (am) (fələsṭ'em) Arabic: فلسطين (ar) (filasṭīn) m. Armenian: Պաղեստին (hy) (Paġestin), Պալեստինա (hy) (Palestina) Azeri: Fələstin (az) Cyrillic: Фәләстин (az) Belarusian: Палестына (be) (Palestýna) f. Bengali: ফিলিস্তিন (bn) (philistin), প্যালেস্টাইন (bn) (pyalesţa'in) Bulgarian: Палестина (bg) (Palestina) f. Catalan: Palestina (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (cmn) (Bālèsītǎn) Czech: Palestina (cs) f. Danish: Palæstina (da) Dutch: Palestina, Palestijnse Gebieden (plural) Dzongkha: པེ་ལིསི་ཊི་ན། (dz) (pe.lisi.ṭi.na) Esperanto: Palestino (eo) Estonian: Palestiina (et) Finnish: Palestiina (fi) French: Palestine (fr) f. Georgian: პალესტინა (ka) (palestina) German: Palästina (de) n. Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) (Palaistíni) f. Hebrew: פלשתינה (he) (Palestina) Hindi: फ़िलस्तीन (hi) (filistīn) f., पेलेस्टाइन (hi) (pelesṭā'in) f. Hungarian: Palesztina (hu) Indonesian: Palestina (id) Irish: an Phalaistín (ga) f. Italian: Palestina (it) Japanese: パレスチナ (ja) (Paresuchina) Kalenjin: Palestin Kamba: Palestin Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾಲೆಸ್ಟೈನ್ (kn) (pyālesṭain) Kazakh: Палестина (kk) (Palestina) Khmer: ប្រទេសប៉ាឡេស្ទីន (km) (prɑteih paaleestiin), ប៉ាឡេស្ទីន (km) (paaleestiin) Kikuyu: Palestin Korean: 팔레스타인 (ko) (Palleseutain) Kyrgyz: Палестина (ky) (Palestina)

Latvian: Palestīna (lv) f. Lithuanian: Palestina (lt) f. Luhya: Palestini Luo: Palestin Macedonian: Палестина (mk) (Palestína) f. Malay: Palestin (ms) Malayalam: പലസ്തീന് (ml) (palastīn), പലസ്തീൻ (ml) Maltese: Palestina (mt) f. Meru: Palestin Navajo: Péléstain Norwegian: Palestina (no) Ossetian: Палестинӕ (Palestinä) Persian: فلسطین (fa) (Felestin) Polish: Palestyna (pl) f. Portuguese: Palestina (pt) f. Punjabi: ਫਿਲੀਸਤੀਨ (pa) (philīsatīn), ਫ਼ਲਸਤੀਨ (pa) (falastīn) Russian: Палестина (ru) (Palestína) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Палестина (sh) f. Roman: Palestina (sh) f. Sinhalese: පලස්‍තීනය (si) (palastīnaya) Slovak: Palestína (sk) f. Slovene: Palestina (sl) f. Spanish: Palestina (es) f. Swahili: Palestina (sw) Swedish: Palestina (sv) Tagalog: Palestina (tl) Tajik: Фаластин (tg) (Falastin) Tamil: பாலஸ்தீனம் (ta) (pālastīṉam) Tatar: Фәлистыйн (tt) (Fälistín), Палестина (tt) (Palestina) Telugu: పాలస్తీనా (te) (pālastīnā) Thai: ปาเลสไตน์ (th) (bpaa-lâyt-dtai) Turkish: Filistin (tr) Turkmen: Palestina (tk) Ukrainian: Палестина (uk) (Palestýna) f. Urdu: فلسطین (ur) (filistīn) f. Uzbek: Falastin (uz) Cyrillic: Фаластин (uz) Vietnamese: Palestine (vi) Yiddish: פאלעסטינע (yi)

geographic region

Arabic: فلسطين (ar) (filasṭīn) m. Armenian: Պաղեստին (hy) (Paġestin) Azeri: Fələstin (az) Catalan: Palestina (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (cmn) (Bālèsītǎn) Czech: Palestina (cs) f. Danish: Palæstina (da) Dutch: Palestina (nl) Esperanto: Palestino (eo)

Finnish: Palestiina (fi) French: Palestine (fr) f. Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) (Palaistíni) f. Italian: Palestina (it) Japanese: パレスチナ (ja) (Paresuchina) Macedonian: Палестина (mk) (Palestína) f. Polish: Palestyna (pl) f. Russian: Палестина (ru) (Palestína) f. Turkish: Filistin (tr)

historical: Roman province

Finnish: Palestiina (fi)

Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) (Palaistíni) f.

historical: former British entity

Arabic: فلسطين (ar) (filasṭīn) m. Armenian: Պաղեստին (hy) (Paġestin) Catalan: Palestina (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (cmn) (Bālèsītǎn) Czech: Palestina (cs) f. Danish: Palæstina (da) Dutch: Palestina (nl)

Finnish: Palestiina (fi) French: Palestine (fr) f. Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) (Palaistíni) f. Italian: Palestina (it) Japanese: パレスチナ (ja) (Paresuchina) Macedonian: Палестина (mk) (Palestína) f. Polish: Palestyna (pl) f. Russian: Палестина (ru) (Palestína) f.

historical: former British Mandate

Arabic: فلسطين (ar) (filasṭīn) m. Armenian: Պաղեստին (hy) (Paġestin) Catalan: Palestina (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (cmn) (Bālèsītǎn) Czech: Palestina (cs) f. Danish: Palæstina (da) Dutch: Palestina (nl)

Finnish: Palestiina (fi) French: Palestine (fr) f. Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) (Palaistíni) f. Japanese: パレスチナ (ja) (Paresuchina) Macedonian: Палестина (mk) (Palestína) f. Polish: Palestyna (pl) f. Russian: Палестина (ru) (Palestína) f.

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Serbo-Croatian: Palestina f. Breton: Palestina Serbo-Croatian: Palestina f. Esperanto: Palestino German: Palästina n. (1,2), Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete n pl. (3) Hebrew: (Biblical) פלשׁת (Paleshet) (Pre-1948) פלשתינה (Palestina) or ארץ־ישראל (Erets Yisra'el) (Modern) פלשתין (Falastin) Indonesian: Palestina Interlingua: Palestina Korean: 팔레스타인 (P'alleseut'ain) Latin: Palaestina Latvian: Palestīna

Lithuanian: Palestina Malay: Palestin Maltese: il-Palestina Persian: فلسطین (Felestīn) Portuguese: Palestina f. Romanian: Palestina f. (1,2) Sicilian: Palistina f. Slovene: Palestina f. Spanish: Palestina Swedish: Palestina Turkish: Filistin Urdu: فلسطین (Filistīn) f.

See also

• Levant

References

• “Palestine” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

Anagrams

• penalties, tapelines

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French

Alternative forms

• Palæstine (obsolete)

Proper noun

Palestine f.

1. Palestine

Derived terms

• Palestinien m.
• palestinien

Anagrams

• patelines, pénalités, penalties