intifada

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Alternative spellings

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[edit] Etymology

Arabic انتفاضة, shaking off, uprising, insurrection

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intifada

1. an uprising, especially the Palestinian resistance to the 1987 Israeli occupation of the West Bank of the Jordan and Gaza

[edit] Alternative spellings

• intefadah
• intifadah