English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Calque of Arabic الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة ( aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya , literally “ the west bank ” ) , so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River.
Proper noun [ edit ] the West Bank
A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by both Israel and the State of Palestine .
2014, Paul Salopek , Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
Smaller than Delaware, packed with 2.7 million people, the core of a proposed future Palestinian state, the occupied West Bank is partitioned by the Oslo Accords into zones of Palestinian and Israeli control. Synonyms [ edit ] Meronyms [ edit ] Holonyms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] territory
Afrikaans: Wesoewer
Albanian: Bregu Perëndimor m ( definite )
Arabic: الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة f ( aḍ-ḍiffa l-ḡarbiyya )
Aragonese: Cischordania f
Armenian: Հորդանան գետի արևմտյան ափ ( Hordanan geti arewmtyan apʻ )
Asturian: Cixordania f
Azerbaijani: İordan çayının qərb sahili
Basque: Zisjordania
Belarusian: Захо́дні бе́раг ракі́ Іарда́н m ( Zaxódni bjérah rakí Iardán ) , Захо́дні бе́раг m ( Zaxódni bjérah )
Bengali: পশ্চিম তীর ( pościm tir )
Breton: Sisjordania f
Bulgarian: За́паден бряг m ( Západen brjag )
Burmese: အနောက်ဘက်ကမ်း ( a.naukbhakkam: )
Catalan: Cisjordània f
Chechen: Урдан хин малхбузен хийист ( Urdan xin malxbuzen xiı̇ist )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約旦河西岸地區 ／ 约旦河西岸地区 ( Yuēdàn hé xī'àn dìqū ) , 西岸地區 ／ 西岸地区 ( Xī'àn dìqū )
Corsican: Cisghjordania f Cisghjurdania f
Czech: Západní břeh Jordánu m
Danish: Vestbredden c ( definite )
Dutch: Westelijke Jordaanoever m
Esperanto: Cisjordanio
Estonian: Jordani Läänekallas
Faroese: Vestari Áarbakki
Finnish: Länsiranta (fi)
French: Cisjordanie (fr) f
Galician: Cisxordania (gl) f
Georgian: მდინარე იორდანეს დასავლეთი ნაპირი (ka) ( mdinare iordanes dasavleti naṗiri ) , დასავლეთი ნაპირი ( dasavleti naṗiri )
German: Westbank (de) f Westjordanland (de) n ( Switzerland ) Cisjordanien (de) n Zisjordanien n ( dated or rare ) Westjordanien n
Greek: Δυτική Όχθη f ( Dytikí Óchthi )
Guaraní: Sihorytáña
Hebrew: יְהוּדָה וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן m pl ( y'hudá v'shom'rón ) , הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית (he) f ( ha-gadá ha-ma'aravít )
Hindi: पश्चिमी तट m ( paścimī taṭ ) , वेस्ट बैंक m ( vesṭ baiṅk )
Hungarian: Ciszjordánia (hu)
Icelandic: Vesturbakkinn
Ido: Cisjordania
Indonesian: Tepi Barat
Irish: Bruach Thiar m
Italian: Cisgiordania f
Japanese: ヨルダン川西岸地区 ( ヨルダンがわせいがんちく, Yorudan gawa seigan chiku ) , 西岸地区 ( せいがんちく, Seigan chiku )
Javanese: Gisik Kulon
Kazakh: Иордан өзенінің батыс жағалауы ( İordan özenınıñ batys jağalauy ) , Батыс жағалау ( Batys jağalau )
Khmer: វ៉ែសបែង ( vaehbaeng ) , វ៉េសប៊ែង ( veehbɛɛng )
Korean: 요르단 강 서안 지구 ( Yoreudan gang seoan jigu ) , 서안 지구(西岸地區) ( Seoan jigu )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کەناری ڕۆژاوای ڕووباری ئوردن ( kenarî rojaway rûbarî urdin )
Kyrgyz: Иордан дарыясынын Батыш жээги ( İordan darıyasının Batış jeegi ) , Батыш Жээк ( Batış Jeek )
Latin: Cisiordania f
Latvian: Rietumkrasts m
Limburgish: Westeleke Jordaankant
Lithuanian: Vakarų Krantas (lt) m
Macedonian: Западен Брег m ( Zapaden Breg )
Malagasy: Jôrdania Andrefana
Malay: Tebing Barat
Malayalam: വെസ്റ്റ് ബാങ്ക് ( vesṟṟŭ bāṅkŭ )
Marathi: वेस्ट बँक ( vesṭa bĕṅka )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vestbredden m or f ( definite )
Occitan: Cisjordania f
Ossetian: Цӕугӕдон Иорданы Ныгуылӕн Был ( Cæwgædon Iordany Nyg°ylæn Byl )
Persian:
Iranian Persian: کَرانِهٔ باخْتَری ( karâne-ye bâxtari )
Polish: Zachodni Brzeg (pl) m Zachodni Brzeg Jordanu (pl) m Cisjordania f
Portuguese: Cisjordânia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਪੱਛਮੀ ਕੰਢਾ ( pacchamī kaṇḍhā )
Romanian: Cisiordania f
Russian: За́падный бе́рег реки́ Иорда́н (ru) m ( Západnyj béreg rekí Iordán ) , За́падный бе́рег m ( Západnyj béreg )
Sardinian: Tzisgiordània
Scots: Wast Bank Cisjordan
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Западна обала f
Roman: Zapadna obala f
Sicilian: Cisgiurdania f
Sinhalese: බටහිර ඉවුර ( baṭahira iwura )
Slovak: Západný breh Jordánu m
Slovene: Zahodni breg m
Somali: Daanta galbeed
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: Zapadny brjóh Jordana m
Spanish: Cisjordania (es) f
Swahili: Ukingo wa Magharibi wa Yordani
Swedish: Västbanken (sv) c ( definite )
Tagalog: Kanlurang Pampang
Tajik: Соҳили Ғарбӣ ( Sohili Ġarbī )
Tamil: மேற்குக் கரை ( mēṟkuk karai )
Thai: เวสต์แบงก์ (th) ( wéet-bɛ́ng )
Turkish: Batı Şeria
Turkmen: Günbatar Şeriýa
Tyap: Khwong Jenshyung
Ukrainian: За́хідний бе́рег ріки́ Йорда́н m ( Záxidnyj béreh riký Jordán ) , За́хідний бе́рег m ( Záxidnyj béreh ) , Західний берег річки Йордан m ( Zaxidnyj bereh ričky Jordan )
Urdu: مَغْرِبی کِنارَہ m ( maġribī kināra )
Uyghur: غەربىي قىرغاق ( gherbiy qirghaq )
Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Sohil Iordan daryosining gʻarbiy qirgʻogʻi Iordan daryosining Gʻarbiy sohili
Vietnamese: Bờ Tây
Welsh: Y Lan Orllewinol
West Frisian: Westjordaanlân Sisjordaanje n
Western Panjabi: مغربی کنارا
