Palestine

English

Alternative forms

• Palæstine (archaic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) Palaestīna, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē)

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pæləstaɪn/

Proper noun

Palestine

1. (deprecated template usage) (geography) The region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
2. The West Bank and Gaza Strip, taken collectively, especially if considered to be (the site of) the State of Palestine.
3. (deprecated template usage) (historical) Any of four Ancient Roman and Byzantine provinces in the eastern Mediterranean: Syria Palaestina, Palaestina Prima, Palaestina Secunda and Palaestina Salutaris.
4. (deprecated template usage) (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. (deprecated template usage) (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 (deprecated template usage) Palestine to refer to the region between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea has been, since the 20th century, 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
• (Roman or Byzantine province): Palaestina
• (country): State of Palestine, Filastin

Related terms

• Philistine

Derived terms

• Palestinian

Translations

geographic region

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِين (ar) m (filasṭīn)
• Armenian: Պաղեստին (Paġestin)
• Asturian: Palestina (ast)
• Azeri: Fələstin
• Catalan: Palestina f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 巴勒斯坦 (baa¹ lak⁶ si¹ taan²)

  Hakka: 巴勒斯坦 (Pâ-le̍t-sṳ̂-thán)

  Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (zh) (Bālèsītǎn)

  Min Nan: 巴勒斯坦 (Pa-le̍k-su-thán)

• Czech: Palestina f
• Danish: Palæstina
• Dutch: Palestina
• Esperanto: Palestino
• Finnish: Palestiina (fi)
• French: Palestine (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) f (Palaistíni)
• Hebrew: פלשתינה f (palestína)
• Italian: Palestina
• Japanese: パレスチナ (Paresuchina)
• Latvian: Palestīna f
• Macedonian: Палести́на f (Palestína)
• Malay: Palestin
• Polish: Palestyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Palestina (pt) f
• Romanian: Palestina f
• Russian: Палести́на (ru) f (Palestína)
• Turkish: Filistin
• Volapük: Palästinän (vo)
• Welsh: Palesteina f
• Yiddish: ארץ־ישׂראל (erets-yisroel), פּאַלעסטינע f (palestine)

West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively

• Abkhaz: Палестина (Pʼalestʼina)
• Afrikaans: Palestina
• Albanian: Palestina
• Amharic: ፓለስታይን (palästayn), ፍልስጥኤም (fəlsəṭʾem)
• Arabic: فِلَسْطِين (ar) m (filasṭīn)
• Armenian: Պաղեստին (Paġestin), Պալեստինա (Palestina)
• Asturian: Palestina (ast)
• Azeri: Fələstin

  Cyrillic: Фәләстин

• Belarusian: Палесты́на f (Paljestýna)
• Bengali: ফিলিস্তিন (philistin), প্যালেস্টাইন (pyalesţa'in)
• Bulgarian: Палестина f (Palestina)
• Catalan: Palestina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (zh) (Bālèsītǎn)

• Czech: Palestina f
• Danish: Palæstina
• Dutch: Palestina, (plural) ^{(please verify)} Palestijnse Gebieden
• Dzongkha: པེ་ལིསི་ཊི་ན། (pe lisi ṭi na)
• Esperanto: Palestino
• Estonian: Palestiina
• Finnish: Palestiina (fi)
• French: Palestine (fr) f
• Georgian: პალესტინა (ṗalesṭina)
• German: Palästina (de) n
• Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) f (Palaistíni)
• Hebrew: פלסטין (falastin)
• Hindi: फ़िलस्तीन f (filistīn), पेलेस्टाइन f (pelesṭā'in)
• Hungarian: Palesztina (hu)
• Indonesian: Palestina
• Irish: an Phalaistín f
• Italian: Palestina
• Japanese: パレスチナ (Paresuchina)
• Norman: Palestîn m
• Kalenjin: Palestin
• Kamba: Palestin
• Kannada: ಪ್ಯಾಲೆಸ್ಟೈನ್ (pyālesṭain)
• Kazakh: Палестина (Palestina)
• Khmer: ប្រទេសប៉ាឡេស្ទីន (prɑteih paaleestiin), ប៉ាឡេស្ទីន (paaleestiin)
• Kikuyu: Palestin
• Korean: 팔레스타인 (ko) (Palleseutain)
• Kyrgyz: Палестина (Palestina)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: Palestīna f
• Lithuanian: Palestina f
• Luhya: Palestini
• Luo: Palestin
• Macedonian: Палести́на f (Palestína)
• Malay: Palestin
• Malayalam: പലസ്തീന് (palastīnŭ), പലസ്തീൻ (palastīṉ)
• Maltese: Palestina f
• Meru: Palestin
• Navajo: Péléstain
• Norwegian: Palestina (no)
• Ossetian: Палестинӕ (Palestinæ)
• Persian: فلسطین (fa) (Felestin)
• Polish: Palestyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Palestina (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਫਿਲੀਸਤੀਨ (philīsatīn), ਫ਼ਲਸਤੀਨ (falastīn)
• Romanian: Palestina f, Statul Palestina n
• Russian: Палести́на (ru) f (Palestína)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Палестина f

  Roman: Palestina (sh) f

• Sinhalese: පලස්‍තීනය (palastīnaya)
• Slovak: Palestína f
• Slovene: Palestína f
• Spanish: Palestina (es) f
• Swahili: Palestina (sw)
• Swedish: Palestina (sv)
• Tagalog: Palestina
• Tajik: Фаластин (Falastin)
• Tamil: பாலஸ்தீனம் (pālastīṉam)
• Tatar: Фәлистыйн (Fälistıyn), Палестина (Palestina)
• Telugu: పాలస్తీనా (te) (pālastīnā)
• Thai: ปาเลสไตน์ (bpaa-lâyt-dtai)
• Turkish: Filistin
• Turkmen: Palestina
• Ukrainian: Палести́на f (Palestýna)
• Urdu: فلسطین f (filistīn)
• Uzbek: Falastin

  Cyrillic: Фаластин (Falastin)

• Vietnamese: Palestine
• Volapük: Palästinän (vo)
• Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינע (palestine)

historical: Roman province

• Finnish: Palestiina (fi)
• Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) f (Palaistíni)
• Latin: Palaestina f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latvian: Palestīna f
• Portuguese: Palestina (pt) f
• Romanian: Palestina f

historical: former British entity

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِين (ar) m (filasṭīn)
• Armenian: Պաղեստին (Paġestin)
• Catalan: Palestina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (zh) (Bālèsītǎn)

• Czech: Palestina f
• Danish: Palæstina
• Dutch: Palestina
• Finnish: Palestiina (fi)
• French: Palestine (fr) f
• Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) f (Palaistíni)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Palestina
• Japanese: パレスチナ (Paresuchina)
• Latvian: Palestīna f
• Macedonian: Палести́на f (Palestína)
• Polish: Palestyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Palestina (pt) f
• Romanian: Palestina f
• Russian: Палести́на (ru) f (Palestína)
• Volapük: Palästinän (vo)
• Yiddish: פּאַלעסטינע f (palestine)

historical: former British Mandate

• Arabic: فِلَسْطِين (ar) m (filasṭīn)
• Armenian: Պաղեստին (Paġestin)
• Catalan: Palestina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴勒斯坦 (zh) (Bālèsītǎn)

• Czech: Palestina f
• Danish: Palæstina
• Dutch: Palestina
• Finnish: Palestiina (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: Palestine (fr) f
• Greek: Παλαιστίνη (el) f (Palaistíni)
• Japanese: パレスチナ (Paresuchina)
• Macedonian: Палести́на f (Palestína)
• Polish: Palestyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Palestina (pt) f
• Romanian: Mandatul Palestinei n
• Russian: Палести́на (ru) f (Palestína)
• Volapük: Palästinän (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} Palestina f
• Breton: ^{(please verify)} Palestina
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} Palestina f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Palestino
• German: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} Palästina n, (3) ^{(please verify)} Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete n pl
• Hebrew:

  (Biblical) ^{(please verify)} פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'leshet)

  (Pre-1948) ^{(please verify)} פלשתינה (Palestina), ^{(please verify)} ארץ־ישראל (Erets Yisra'el)

  (Modern) ^{(please verify)} פלשתין (Falastin)

• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Palestina
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} Palestina
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 팔레스타인 (P'alleseut'ain)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} Palaestina
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Palestina
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} il-Palestina
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} فلسطین (fa) (Felestīn)
• Romanian: (1,2) ^{(please verify)} Palestina f
• Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} Palistina f
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Palestina f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Palestina
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} Palestina
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Filistin
• Urdu: ^{(please verify)} فلسطین f (Filistīn)

See also

• Levant

Related terms

• Palestinianism
• Palestinianist
• un-Palestinian
• Palestinianisation
• pro-Palestinian
• anti-Palestinian
• Palestine sunbird
• Palestinianess
• Palestinian Sign Language

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Palestine”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• penalties, tapelines

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French

Alternative forms

• Palæstine (obsolete)

Proper noun

Palestine f

1. Palestine

Derived terms

• Palestinien m
• palestinien

Noun

Palestine f (uncountable)

1. (deprecated template usage) (printing, dated) A large size of type standardized as 24 points.

Descendants

• (Dutch) Palestine, (Italian) Palestina

Translations

24-point type — see double pica

Anagrams

• patelines, pénalités, penalties